Troubleshooting hair loss

[kiezel]

Hey guys, it's been a while! I went through some hair cycles since I last posted, since two years ago I went from near waist length hair to an asymmetrical style where one side was a pixie, and then I had rainbow hair, and now i've evened it out, dyed to match my natural black, grew for a few months and now we're slightly below APL. Phew.

I noticed recently that my baby hairs aren't making it past finger length. They just fall out at the root. This is frustrating, because it's so hard for me to keep any new growth. Has anyone experienced this before? If you have any insights I would really appreciate it!

[lapushka]

What a journey! :) :thumbsup:

Congrats on APL, BTW! :)

It's normal for baby hairs not to grow past that length (thereabouts), that's why they're called wispy hairs. Take a look at this thread. It's perfectly normal to have those kinds of hairs - everybody does!
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=131555

[kiezel]

What a journey! :) :thumbsup:

Congrats on APL, BTW! :)

It's normal for baby hairs not to grow past that length (thereabouts), that's why they're called wispy hairs. Take a look at this thread. It's perfectly normal to have those kinds of hairs - everybody does!
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=131555

lapushka, thank you for the feedback! Unfortunately these are areas that are not anywhere near where my wispies are, they're newly formed thin spots on my head :(

[lapushka]

lapushka, thank you for the feedback! Unfortunately these are areas that are not anywhere near where my wispies are, they're newly formed thin spots on my head :(

Oh now I get it! Sorry. :o I thought it was around the perimeter of your head. :)

[Arctic]

I assume you have checked that they are not breakage?

If they indeed are untouched, undamaged hairs, then... not to alarm you, but these type of hair can be a sign of pattern hairloss (male of female type). In that context they are called miniaturized hairs or miniaturization.

However I believe it's normal to have bunch of hairs (not talking about perimeter only) that have shorter terminal length, it's not always a sign of problems. And even if the root cause would be pattern hair loss, yours might be very mild case. But if those hairs keep multiplying keep an eye on them, and a doctor is the person who can tell you what they are, and how to proceed.

[Kae612]

Are they just a halo of short hairs? Or do you see part widening and other places of more visible scalp in patches? Or are there discernible sections of short hairs, again like patches, rather than just a halo?

I'm afraid I can't help with causes & fixes, but I know what hair loss/thinning looks like in various forms. Paying more attention to how things look right at the scalp can give a better insight.

My mom's age related hair thinning is very even, and her scalp was all over increasingly visible. My trichotillomania was in patches (recovering hair would grow back, but be again patches of short hairs), and the resultant lasting damage is a widening of a part especially where I make a half up, more visible scalp on one temple. My aunt's alopecia was also patchy, in a similar pattern of patches. Whereas breakage from my hairstyle & backpack resulted in shorter hairs in a group at a much longer place.

Other hormonal types of hair loss I'm not familiar with. Good luck!

[lapushka]

If it's not on the perimeter of your hair, and it's *in* your hair, I would consult a doctor for it. Why did you suffer hairloss, do you know that? If you already discussed this somewhere else on the forum, and I missed it, again sorry. :flower: :o