JadeTigress
May 26th, 2011, 03:41 PM
I've been having a problem with hair loss since February. I've always been a shedder, but it's been nuts. Coming out in massive clumps while brushing, falling out all day even if I'm not touching it, and it's especially bad in the shower. I literally would lose a handful of hair every time I washed my hair, whether I washed it every day or once a week. I tried switching up shampoos and going SLS and cone free. Nothing was helping. I need to go to the doctor for blood tests, but I just havn't had a chance to get there.
Anyway, I washed my hair today (the last time I washed it was Monday morning). I went through a period for the last couple weeks where I was having to wash my hair every day whether I wanted to or not because my boss kept harassing me about how I never wash my hair. Apparently washing it every day right before I left for work wasn't good enough, because she still fired me. :p Anyway, now I can get back to my normal wash schedule of not washing it every day.
Moving on, when I washed it today I saw the smallest clump of hair in the drain I've seen in a long time. It was still larger than before all this hair loss started, but waaaaay smaller than it's been lately. The clump is usually atleast 3 times the size (or more) of what it was today. So, because I'm a dork, I counted the hair. This morning's shower produced about 60 hairs in my drain. I have no idea how much my brush pulled out when I brushed through my hair right before I washed it, and I have no clue how much has fallen out since my shower. I just know that there were 60 hairs in my shower. :p
Does this number seem semi normal, or like it's getting back to normal maybe? I know you can lose up to 100 hairs a day and it's still normal, but I don't know how I should be looking at it since I used up over half of that just in the shower. And I've definitely been losing way more than 100 hairs (closer to 200) per shower before today. I'm hoping this wasn't just a fluke and this is signaling the beginning of the end of my hair loss.
Anyway, I washed my hair today (the last time I washed it was Monday morning). I went through a period for the last couple weeks where I was having to wash my hair every day whether I wanted to or not because my boss kept harassing me about how I never wash my hair. Apparently washing it every day right before I left for work wasn't good enough, because she still fired me. :p Anyway, now I can get back to my normal wash schedule of not washing it every day.
Moving on, when I washed it today I saw the smallest clump of hair in the drain I've seen in a long time. It was still larger than before all this hair loss started, but waaaaay smaller than it's been lately. The clump is usually atleast 3 times the size (or more) of what it was today. So, because I'm a dork, I counted the hair. This morning's shower produced about 60 hairs in my drain. I have no idea how much my brush pulled out when I brushed through my hair right before I washed it, and I have no clue how much has fallen out since my shower. I just know that there were 60 hairs in my shower. :p
Does this number seem semi normal, or like it's getting back to normal maybe? I know you can lose up to 100 hairs a day and it's still normal, but I don't know how I should be looking at it since I used up over half of that just in the shower. And I've definitely been losing way more than 100 hairs (closer to 200) per shower before today. I'm hoping this wasn't just a fluke and this is signaling the beginning of the end of my hair loss.