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People’s Pharmacy: Is it true that some cholesterol-lowering medications can change your hair color?
People’s Pharmacy: Is it true that some cholesterol-lowering medications can change your hair color?
People’s Pharmacy: Is it true that some cholesterol-lowering medications can change your hair color?

Published on: 02/07/2026

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Joe Graedon, M.S., and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., write People's Pharmacy.

Q. I stopped dyeing my hair in 2018 and got new photos for my passport and driver’s license once my hair turned white. Now my hair is turning dark brown while I’m on rosuvastatin. I started this prescription to lower my cholesterol in September 2024, and my hair started changing color within six months. Now it is hideous.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2026/02/peoples-pharmacy-is-it-true-that-some-cholesterol-lowering-medications-can-change-your-hair-color.html

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