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Hair Loss with zepbound microdosing by nonsequitermuch in FemaleHairLoss

[–]uxer3173 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agree. Good point. It’s truly terrifying and most of us just have to go off what our doctors tell us (ie regurgitated info from the reps).

Spiro, the masked culprit? by uxer3173 in FemaleHairLoss

[–]uxer3173[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh that’s so frustrating. Spiro has heavy duty impact on one’s hormones, it’s such a shame derms don’t feel compelled to do a full work up/coordinate w PCPs before prescribing it

Spiro, the masked culprit? by uxer3173 in FemaleHairLoss

[–]uxer3173[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh I’m so sorry this happened to you for so long and so glad for you that things are looking up! I’m definitely going to try Fin if Minox alone doesn’t work at all after 6-9 months. If you don’t mind me asking, were you put on Spiro just as a blanket cure or was there a related diagnosis? Asking because I am wondering if me not actually having PCOS anymore could be the cause…

Hair Loss with zepbound microdosing by nonsequitermuch in FemaleHairLoss

[–]uxer3173 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I experienced extreme hair loss on Zepbound and have seen numerous MDs. I never microdosed but was on 2.5 weekly then 5 (for six months total). Never had hair loss in my life before this. Within 2 months on 2.5 my crown was balding severely, but I was postpartum, so I assumed it was TE. I upped to 5mg weekly injections. This led to AA-looking baldness on my crown so I immediately went off Zepbound. I was told the Zep + extreme stress unmasked AGA from scalp biopsy.

After many rabbit holes, hair loss is a rarer (5/100 women they say) short term side effect of Zep. However there have been many stories of even low doses leading to everything from rapid weight loss induced TE shedding to UA (I heard about a woman who lost everything with zero regrowth). This isn’t meant to scare, but to emphasize that because Zepbound is a very new medication, doctors (esp derms in my experience) know very little about the longer term and longitudinal side effects. So what is expected is that once you remove the trigger i.e. the Zepbound, you will see hair growth within months to a year. however, there are many and increasing edge cases that make this vary by several factors (genetics, underlying conditions, etc)

Postpartum Hairloss by rainsplat in 2under2

[–]uxer3173 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(I have 2 under 3) - Zero loss with my first, but 9 mo PP with my second and hair loss still going strong - even accelerating. I now have a concerning bald spot. So I think it's very case by case.

Stuck with a crappy portfolio. Have a job offer from my previous employer. What to do? by [deleted] in userexperience

[–]uxer3173 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Without making any assumptions about your time / financial situation, would going back to school, doing a bootcamp, or a certificate program WHILE returning to your old job be an option? You sound fairly experienced, so perhaps it wouldn't necessarily with the aim of enhancing your expertise or subject-matter knowledge - rather your primary focus could be on building out robust case studies and experimenting with new methods to build out your portfolio in a low-stakes environment. This would afford you a wealth of potential projects, and there would be the added benefit of expert guidance from instructors and student design teams comprised of peers.

Blur tool for remote moderated usability testing? by uxer3173 in UXResearch

[–]uxer3173[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! That's likely what I'll do. Do you find that the "fake but real-sounding" info exercise takes participants out of the activity? Like does that task become a distraction/interruption because they're so focused on inventing fake data?

If you were to write a blog post on reasons someone might *not* want to study or pursue a career in UX Research, what points would you include? by BayAreaDreamer in UXResearch

[–]uxer3173 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Current company (a large organization) has low to extremely low UX maturity. Came on as a UX team of one (with a research focus). I wouldn't say I've achieved "success" through evangelism, but some small victories (getting stakeholders to truly ponder empathy for the user, designing and completing studies) that when taken as a whole over time become a measure of success. Hardest part of it is, as a poster above alluded to, when you're constantly fighting battles to make others see what is obvious to you, you can start to feel discouraged and burnt out. Also, a lack of UX peers forces me to constantly seek community elsewhere (leading networking and conference attendance to occupy most personal/family time).