Ruzovy
November 22nd, 2013, 09:49 AM
Hello ladies!
So last February I made a thread here (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=110747) because I was freaking out over losing "SO much hair" (50+strands a day). And now I'm wishing that was all I was losing....
Over the last month or so (maybe 2? This semester's been crazy, sorry) I noticed a lot of hair all over the place, like, more than usual. I had just reached waist length so I brushed it off as it just looking like a lot because my hair is longer now. It started getting on my nerves though, so I decided to brush my hair every day for a week or so to see if the "floor sheds" would diminish. They didn't, and throughout the days I found myself pulling out hairs and hairs whenever I ran my hand through my hair in public or at home (not even my fingers, that usually brings out even more hairs; my hand!) and the brushing didn't change that. You'd think that if I brushed out the hairs that were about to fall out on their own I would get less fall out but no.
Routine wise, I'll start by saying that around the same time I first noticed "more hair" falling out I decided to finally cut out conditioner from my routine, so I now only use shampoo, and only once a week. I use a wooden comb to detangle my hair in the shower as gently as I can, because if I don't do this I'll be pulling handfuls of hair out once it dries. And these tangle in my other hairs and it's a lot harder to get them out without breaking the "good hairs" if that makes sense...
After my hair dries, I use coconut oil on it, mostly the ends of course.
Besides the hair loss, I have also noticed some flakes (I'd call it dandruff but I don't think there are enough to call it that and it's mostly in my front) a couple of days before wash day, don't know if it could be related. My scalp also seems more sensitive than before, it hurts a bit when I wash it, kind of like when I henna'd my hair all night and then washed it off next morning it would hurt, because the hair follicles have been strained by the weight of the mix. I don't wear my hair up tightly though so I don't understand why my scalp's been like this.
In my old thread I mentioned counting them and then putting them together in a small lock, which scared me. The other day I didn't count them, because there were well over 50 hairs in there, but I did separate them and lined them up to make a lock... which was a bit over twice the size of the one I did in february. That's when I started getting worried.
So today I took my tape and decided to take the ultimate test to see if I really am losing that much hair or if I'm just freaking out over nothing. And I measured my ponytail circumference. And it's gone from 9cm to a bit less than 8cm since the last time I measured it (summer I think). I lost 1cm of hair!
I don't know whether this is an autumn shed, since I read somewhere women get those or if it's the lack of a conditioner, or if I should wash it twice a week because maybe my scalp doesn't like only being washed once a week, I have no idea what I can do to stop this...
I'm supposed to henna my hair again in a couple of weeks, since last time I did it was in June, but now I'm afraid because henna always means extra sheddings for me for the first few days and I don't want to go bald!
Help?
So last February I made a thread here (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=110747) because I was freaking out over losing "SO much hair" (50+strands a day). And now I'm wishing that was all I was losing....
Over the last month or so (maybe 2? This semester's been crazy, sorry) I noticed a lot of hair all over the place, like, more than usual. I had just reached waist length so I brushed it off as it just looking like a lot because my hair is longer now. It started getting on my nerves though, so I decided to brush my hair every day for a week or so to see if the "floor sheds" would diminish. They didn't, and throughout the days I found myself pulling out hairs and hairs whenever I ran my hand through my hair in public or at home (not even my fingers, that usually brings out even more hairs; my hand!) and the brushing didn't change that. You'd think that if I brushed out the hairs that were about to fall out on their own I would get less fall out but no.
Routine wise, I'll start by saying that around the same time I first noticed "more hair" falling out I decided to finally cut out conditioner from my routine, so I now only use shampoo, and only once a week. I use a wooden comb to detangle my hair in the shower as gently as I can, because if I don't do this I'll be pulling handfuls of hair out once it dries. And these tangle in my other hairs and it's a lot harder to get them out without breaking the "good hairs" if that makes sense...
After my hair dries, I use coconut oil on it, mostly the ends of course.
Besides the hair loss, I have also noticed some flakes (I'd call it dandruff but I don't think there are enough to call it that and it's mostly in my front) a couple of days before wash day, don't know if it could be related. My scalp also seems more sensitive than before, it hurts a bit when I wash it, kind of like when I henna'd my hair all night and then washed it off next morning it would hurt, because the hair follicles have been strained by the weight of the mix. I don't wear my hair up tightly though so I don't understand why my scalp's been like this.
In my old thread I mentioned counting them and then putting them together in a small lock, which scared me. The other day I didn't count them, because there were well over 50 hairs in there, but I did separate them and lined them up to make a lock... which was a bit over twice the size of the one I did in february. That's when I started getting worried.
So today I took my tape and decided to take the ultimate test to see if I really am losing that much hair or if I'm just freaking out over nothing. And I measured my ponytail circumference. And it's gone from 9cm to a bit less than 8cm since the last time I measured it (summer I think). I lost 1cm of hair!
I don't know whether this is an autumn shed, since I read somewhere women get those or if it's the lack of a conditioner, or if I should wash it twice a week because maybe my scalp doesn't like only being washed once a week, I have no idea what I can do to stop this...
I'm supposed to henna my hair again in a couple of weeks, since last time I did it was in June, but now I'm afraid because henna always means extra sheddings for me for the first few days and I don't want to go bald!
Help?