Vitamin D supplementation causing hair shedding? 3/12/2018
The conversation discusses hair shedding potentially linked to vitamin D supplementation after Accutane use, with the user suspecting telogen effluvium. Others suggest the hair loss might not be related to vitamin D, considering it a coincidence.
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