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GLP-1 medications have skyrocketed in popularity over the past five years, and they quickly developed a reputation as miracle drugs. Weight<\/a> seems to melt off users, and the drugs can significantly reduce<\/a> a person\u2019s risk of having an adverse cardiovascular event.<\/p>\n Due to their hype, 15%<\/a> of Americans have either taken a GLP-1 at some point or are currently using one, along with about 2%<\/a> of the adult population in Europe and the UK. But there\u2019s no such thing as a magic pill (or in this case, a magic injection).\u00a0<\/p>\n Primarily, GLP-1s are used for weight loss and managing Type 2 Diabetes. However, recently, users have reported that they\u2019re shedding more than just pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n After many noticed that they had lost a significant amount of hair, they began to wonder what exactly was causing this undesirable side effect. Now, experts are looking into why and when GLP-1 users are losing their locks and whether or not anything can be done to prevent it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This story is part of Bored Panda Premium \u2022 5 min read GLP-1 medications have skyrocketed in popularity…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-804205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}