Am I the only one...

[LadyMantis]

Who gets a sinking feeling of despair when one of my really long strands of hair naturally falls out (i.e. shedding)? It's like, DAMMIT! I worked hard to grow that hair!!! Grrr!! Now I have to start over again! hehe...I'll be...quiet...now.

[neko_kawaii]

I feel that way about silvers. *sniff*

[longhairvixen]

Yes, I'm weird like that.

[Wildcat Diva]

It's like, "after all that we've been through, how can it give up now?!"

[FeatherHeather]

I do get a little sad too, you definitely aren't the only one.

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Nah, I don't worry about it. Hair falls out. New hair grows. :)

[DeadlyUnicorn]

If it's one of my very longest and I happen to notice, I suppose I do feel a little sad, but I'm normally not bothered by it. I have long hairs falling out everyday :p

[Wusel]

I ALWAYS worry about. And I spam LHC with tons of posts about my shedding-worries.

But since I do this I notice a decreased shedding. So, complaining a lot about it helps? :)

[Yoghurt]

Yes, yes, yes. Same here.

[Nebulae]

Nah, I don't worry about it. Hair falls out. New hair grows. :)

Same here. :)

Although it always strikes me by surprise when one of those reeally long hairs come out. Gives another perspective on how long it has actually gotten, when you can inspect it off of your head. :lol:

[lapushka]

No, not about a natural shed, but yesterday a hair got around the decoration in my hairfork and as I pulled it out, the fork snagged the entwined hair out. That makes me cringe. I hate when a hair that isn't ready to come out comes out.

[divinedobbie]

Not when it naturally sheds but when I pull/snap one and it's really long, I lament the fact that it took me so long to grow it and now I ruined it and that follicle has to start over.

[ExpectoPatronum]

I got a hair cut about a month ago and started wearing my hair curly. My hair is a little shorter than it was, but it shrinks a lot due to curls. As such, I got used to not having "long" hair.

That said, when my hair is wet and one of the long ones falls out, I'm always a little shocked by just how long those little buggers are! Especially if it's from one of my longer layers. I don't get sad. I'm always surprised.

Gotta love shrinkage :eyebrows:

[endlessly]

You are not alone, I get this way, too. Especially when it's a really long, really thick, otherwise ridiculously healthy hair - I always feel like it somehow betrayed me.

[gwenalyn]

Nah, I just get happy that it looks sooooo long! And then a little irritated when I can't throw it out because it keeps sticking to my fingers (static ... ech).

[vpatt]

I lost a major amount of hair last fall and that really worried me. I have bunches of new hair frizzing about now. So no I don't really worry now.....BUT my hair is only CBL. it may bother me more as it grows longer.

[Lauraes]

It doesn't bother me unless I lose an usually large amount of hairs. I get more worried if I see a short strand of hair fall out because that could mean breakage.

[Anje]

Maybe a little. But given the size of the hairballs I pull out of the stain, cut off the vacuum, and rake up from too-infrequently vacuumed floors, well.... I'm constantly amazed that I'm not bald! I apparently am not balding despite all those super-long hair I shed.

[hennalonghair]

Nah, I don't worry about it. Hair falls out. New hair grows. :)

Same! It's part of having hair.

[spidermom]

A naturally shed hair doesn't concern me, but I hate breaking one.

[Frankenstein]

It bothers me because my hair is thin and I hate the thought of losing more :p Sometimes after a wash I'll have very long hairs hanging down out of my ends that I can just pull away. It weirds me out.

[longhairmomof7]

A naturally shed hair doesn't concern me, but I hate breaking one.
Same here!

[Dragon Faery]

Normally it doesn't bother me, but lately all of my longest layer has been shedding away, so I've been in an artificial stall. And that bothers me because then I add up how much I've cut or trimmed since I first started growing out my hair, and I can only confirm 10 to 12 inches' worth of cutting, which means these hairs could potentially have made it to somewhere around Fingertip before falling out ... so on the one hand I'm relieved that those follicles have a potential terminal of Fingertip, but on the other I'm disappointed because I'm hoping to grow my hair MUCH longer than Fingertip ... I know this shed doesn't necessarily rule it out, but ... yeah. Sigh.

And I get sad when white hairs fall out because I think, "Is this the best you can do?" I want knee-length white hair someday ...

Ah well. Life goes on.

[Doreen]

Whenever I notice a long strand has fallen, the thought always crosses my mind that I am very traceable. A schoolteacher from two years prior once ran into me out and about and said "Last week I found a 3' long hair lodged in my class notes and thought 'That has to be a Doreen hair!'" It was amusing but also had me thinking that I have left these little calling cards in basically every place I've ever been!! Strange to think about!