Sophia Umansky, 25, the daughter of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards, is opening up about a personal and unexpected side effect from using the weight-loss drug Mounjaro.
In a TikTok video posted Wednesday, Sophia stunned fans by revealing dramatic hair loss since starting the medication.
“I am very lucky that I have so much hair, because at the rate that I’ve been losing hair, I’m gonna be bald in about a week,” she said.
Sophia, who appears on Netflix’s Buying Beverly Hills, explained the timeline of the symptoms:
“I started Mounjaro about four months ago, and I would say like maybe for the past three weeks to a month, I’ve noticed a dramatic hair loss situation.”
While she wore her signature long brunette hair loose in the video, she revealed that the situation behind the scenes is far more alarming.
“I’m just going to show you a quick little video of what my hair loss looks like, and this is every day,” she said. “And you’re not even seeing the half of it.”
Sophia proceeded to show clumps of hair gathered in her shower drain and stuck to the walls — revealing that her daily routine includes losing large amounts of hair just by running her hands through it.
“When I pull my hand through my hair during the day, piles of hair come out,” she shared.
Though she doesn’t place direct blame on Mounjaro itself, Sophia believes the issue stems from the rapid weight loss it triggered.
“I don’t think it’s a direct result of the medication. I think it’s a direct result of rapid weight loss because of the medication, and not eating enough vitamins, protein, all that kind of stuff.”
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To address the issue, she told fans that she’s working to replenish nutrients and promote hair regrowth:
“I’ve been putting an effort into taking vitamins and eating protein,” she said, adding that she’s also using OMI hair growth peptides, collagen, and Grüns vitamins.
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