Valorie
November 18th, 2014, 05:53 PM
I have been on the site perusing about hair loss. I never had incredibly thick hair to begin with but I've noticed shedding episodes in the past couple of years and I'm in another one now. I looked closely at my scalp tonight, and I can see tiny hairs growing back in. My sheds do have the bulb on the end, so I don't think this is damage. I will say that a few months ago in struggling to find a good way to wear my hair at the gym, I was using a high ponytail or even a hair fork. I know this is not the best way, and I feel like this might have contributed to pulling hairs out with the tension involved, and I probably should have just stuck with a braid(though I preferred having my hair off my neck during sweating but not if it's going to mean losing it).
Is this normal? I feel like it is thinner but my measurement hasn't changed, it fluctuates regularly by 3.5 to 3.25, in between the two.
I even bought castor oil and am thinking of giving up the henna for a while as I see the little hairs match the length of my root regrowth for the most part. I use body art quality henna but still... maybe my hair doesn't like it anymore?
I suppose it could be coincidence but I am having a lot of anxiety over it. I take medications but I will say it never used to affect my hair. In fact I've never really experienced visible loss until I had my gallbladder removed but that was two years ago. I had my first major shed after that and I thought that would be an isolated case from surgery but it appears to be ongoing. It was an emergency removal as I was unaware anything was wrong & they say unpreventable as it was infected about to rupture.
I've had the thyroid work ups, and all of that... I've mentioned to my doctors but they're just like, well, "It seems like you have plenty of hair. " So I'm pretty sure I'd need to be bald before any of them pay attention and even then I have to wonder if they would care.
It seems that ever since I have hit tailbone length and grown out my layers, I shed more and lose more hair. I read on here a few times that sometimes people can think they are losing hair once it's longer but it's not really the case. Anyone have any thoughts? I'm trying to remain calm.
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Is this normal? I feel like it is thinner but my measurement hasn't changed, it fluctuates regularly by 3.5 to 3.25, in between the two.
I even bought castor oil and am thinking of giving up the henna for a while as I see the little hairs match the length of my root regrowth for the most part. I use body art quality henna but still... maybe my hair doesn't like it anymore?
I suppose it could be coincidence but I am having a lot of anxiety over it. I take medications but I will say it never used to affect my hair. In fact I've never really experienced visible loss until I had my gallbladder removed but that was two years ago. I had my first major shed after that and I thought that would be an isolated case from surgery but it appears to be ongoing. It was an emergency removal as I was unaware anything was wrong & they say unpreventable as it was infected about to rupture.
I've had the thyroid work ups, and all of that... I've mentioned to my doctors but they're just like, well, "It seems like you have plenty of hair. " So I'm pretty sure I'd need to be bald before any of them pay attention and even then I have to wonder if they would care.
It seems that ever since I have hit tailbone length and grown out my layers, I shed more and lose more hair. I read on here a few times that sometimes people can think they are losing hair once it's longer but it's not really the case. Anyone have any thoughts? I'm trying to remain calm.
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