Hi Coral I lost 2/3 of my hair on peg/inf so I might be able to help
I’m using macadamia oil massage on my scalp to enrich the quality of my skin up there and stimulate the follicles
My hair has grown back beautifully since peg/inf but I am aware that dryness is a possible sx of these new tx
I’m obsessed with maintaining my mane since last disaster I had to buy a full set of super expensive clip in hair to be able to perform (musician) the hair is now in my drawer hahahaaa. Because I am now paranoid I am already massaging macadamia oil into my scalp and ends just in case!
I hear apricot kernel oil is awesome too
If desperate and you start thinning use a very expensive but worth it range of shampoo and conditioner called Nioxin xxxx
I hope your hair stays as best as possible
Love from Ariel xx

Hear hear Tina
I reckon I was aged around 85 while on that poison x
Yup disgusting stuff so glad I have been able to rebuild a lot of the damage it was hard work to recover as best I could I lost my career to that stuff but I see that as an opportunity to reinvent myself in a better way too
I wonder how people cope even on riba with the new DAAs it gave me a hideous rash of sores all over my upper body soooo gross!
Anyway I don’t want to frighten anyone
Sorry if that was too much info
Hugs

Thankyou for starting this fascinating discussion Tina, and and so sorry for the experiences of some of us who have had miscarriages etc. It’s made me quite emotional reading it. The untold story of this virus?
Just for the record I only had one baby, overdue and an adult now. My menopause seemed to be the normal time around age 52/ 53.
About the dry hair thing, thanks Ariel for the recommendation of Nioxin, I have heard of it, not tried it yet.
Debs xxxx

I have often thought that research should be collated re Womens Hormonal health and the virus. Well this is the starting place isn’t it.
So far just in our small collective we report miscarriage (very traumatic and significant) early births, hair issues, sudden menopause, early menopause and we haven’t started on the effects of the virus on our complexion and body skin.

Some people are still taking riba with the new DAAs and those of us who have done Riba may have tips for coping with the rash if anyone out there is toughing out riba rash some of us could share just ask

Yes ladies a valid blog very interesting
I’m now also completely paranoid of manicure and pedicure spa shops which we all know are everywhere these days.
I mean what regulations are there on sterilisation?
I have popped this blog into my favourites ty xxxx

I found on the Peg/riba tx the riba sides were worse than my last tx which was with some orals +riba ( Ifn added later though unfortunately)
So what I mean is, I found without Peg Ifn, the Ribas aren’t as bad.

With the dry skin & hair I found coconut oil worked well & also washing & moisturising with Aveeno, found in supermarkets & chemists.
Really good stuff.

Unfortunately I also lost heaps of hair though.

to stop, or help stop the riba rash, you need to keep moisturised & keep well hydrated.

My tx’s paid havoc on my hormones, I’m more & more sure that they caused the miscarriages .

Also in the third trimester of my pregnancy which gave me my J, I had cholestasis of pregnancy which was caused by the hep as well,
I nearly lost him from that & the torture from the never ending itch & rash from the disease was almost unbearable. hmy:

….all worth it in the end though

That Aveeno body moisturiser I mentioned is good, I get rashes to things easily too but never got a reaction from it.
Also there’s a Aveeno body wash as well.

I’ve also heard that the apricot kernel is good
x