Hair loss/shedding info from Dr. Oz

**Nae** · August 2nd, 2010, 07:31 AM

I saw this on Oprah, oh a few months back, and thought it had a great visual on about how much hair is normally lost in a day. (Another thread I saw today reminded me of the clip.) It also shows a quick test you can do to see if you are losing more than the recommended amount of hair. Which I had never heard about before. It made me feel better about my shed hair for sure!

There is some other info on there about female hair loss. I thought it was interesting and figured that others might like to see it.

(There is an ad at the beginning though, shocking huh?)

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/preve...male-hair-loss

**~~mali~~** · August 2nd, 2010, 07:48 AM

Hello,Nae!

I did see this on Dr.Oz show just a few days ago..I like watching his show,it's very informative.About his test...I tried it.It really is simple.And very precise.It seems I don't have hair loss.I'm so glad,because I thought I did!

**Pumpkin** · August 2nd, 2010, 12:01 PM

Thanks for the link!!!

**PineappleJello** · August 2nd, 2010, 07:35 PM

Only one hair came out of my bangs. I wonder if it matters where you pull the hair at (bangs vs canopy vs the bottom part)

**x0h_bother** · August 2nd, 2010, 07:43 PM

Nae I could kiss you!

I was searching Dr. Oz on female hair loss and was so sad when I didn't find any good videos that pertained to my needs. This one is great!

**Nae** · August 2nd, 2010, 07:43 PM

I don't think the placement of the sample would matter, we shed pretty diffusely over the entire head right? At least I would imagine so.

**Nae** · August 2nd, 2010, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by x0h_bother

Nae I could kiss you!

I was searching Dr. Oz on female hair loss and was so sad when I didn't find any good videos that pertained to my needs. This one is great!

LOL thanks, I live to serve and all.

**Ashley0507** · August 2nd, 2010, 09:03 PM

Thank you!

**Luckysock** · August 2nd, 2010, 09:10 PM

great video thanks!

**Darkhorse1** · August 2nd, 2010, 09:29 PM

Well, let's just say the example of D is what I pulled out of the shower drain. Eeks!

The only problem with this video clip is that he is generalizing. if you wash your hair every other day or every week, your hair shed will be higher in amount due to not shedding/having the hairs come out every day.

So, that may cause un-due panic. I can get close to letter C during a massive shed phase, but I don't notice any visible signs.

When I did the hair test on my hair, I didn't get any hairs coming out.