Rapunzal2Be
June 24th, 2011, 07:54 AM
Anyone else find that if they put anything on their scalp, they shed more?? Even the stuff that's supposed to stop shedding or promote growth?? Or am I alone in this?? :D
I shed hair a lot. Always have. Since I have very little hair to being with (my whole head of hair adds up to less than just one strand of most people's braids!) you would think I'd have none left by now, but my thickness has always more or less stayed constant, even with a daily shed that would pretty much freak most people out!
I have a big hair ball in the shower, another in my brush, and the hair on my white bathroom floor is so bad I have to sweep up after every single time I'm in there! I actually cringe when people (good friends and such) touch my hair, because I'm afraid they're going to come away with a few strands on their hand.
Fine/thin hair and female pattern baldness run in my family, so I've been checked out and my thyroid is fine, my iron levels are good, I'm otherwise healthy.
Anyway, enough of the woe is me. :p To what my post is about, I've done a lot of trial and error, read all of the other posts on shedding, tried to see what I can do to improve the situation.
And here's my conclusion...absolutely anything besides shampoo (okay, and tea rinses are working okay right now) on my scalp causes a shed. Weird, right?
Things that cause a shed:
MegaTek
MN
Oils (coconut, bhrinjaraj (sp?), Africa's Best, olive, sweet almond - emu isn't as bad, but it still makes me shed)
SMT
Conditioner of ANY type - my experiment with CO I thought I'd have NO hair left!!
Henna/Henndigo
Basically all of the things recommended for promoting hair growth and thickness actually cause a bigger shed when rinsing out. Doesn't matter if it's on for fifteen minutes or overnight.
But yet, if I just shampoo - whether I use a coconut oil soap based shampoo or Jason Tea Tree or plain old Suave Clarifying, I am good to go. Small hair ball in the shower, if at all, and less in my brush.
Oh, and I'm experimenting with tea rinses/scalp sprays right now and they don't seem to bother my scalp (black tea and rooibos). But it's only been a week or so, so we'll see.
Even though I've known this for a while, I still try - because it feels like I'm missing out on some great growth treatments and I need all the help I can get, my hair grows so slow - but now I am going to just give up.
So now I'm going to keep everything but 'poo and tea away from my scalp. I will condition from my ears down and use my MegaTek from my ears down (it's my protein treatment), and the only exception is Henna/Henndigo, which is only once per month or two, so that's worth it.
Hopefully this will help to thicken my hair up in time (and keep my bathroom floor a bit cleaner).
Anyone else like this??
I shed hair a lot. Always have. Since I have very little hair to being with (my whole head of hair adds up to less than just one strand of most people's braids!) you would think I'd have none left by now, but my thickness has always more or less stayed constant, even with a daily shed that would pretty much freak most people out!
I have a big hair ball in the shower, another in my brush, and the hair on my white bathroom floor is so bad I have to sweep up after every single time I'm in there! I actually cringe when people (good friends and such) touch my hair, because I'm afraid they're going to come away with a few strands on their hand.
Fine/thin hair and female pattern baldness run in my family, so I've been checked out and my thyroid is fine, my iron levels are good, I'm otherwise healthy.
Anyway, enough of the woe is me. :p To what my post is about, I've done a lot of trial and error, read all of the other posts on shedding, tried to see what I can do to improve the situation.
And here's my conclusion...absolutely anything besides shampoo (okay, and tea rinses are working okay right now) on my scalp causes a shed. Weird, right?
Things that cause a shed:
MegaTek
MN
Oils (coconut, bhrinjaraj (sp?), Africa's Best, olive, sweet almond - emu isn't as bad, but it still makes me shed)
SMT
Conditioner of ANY type - my experiment with CO I thought I'd have NO hair left!!
Henna/Henndigo
Basically all of the things recommended for promoting hair growth and thickness actually cause a bigger shed when rinsing out. Doesn't matter if it's on for fifteen minutes or overnight.
But yet, if I just shampoo - whether I use a coconut oil soap based shampoo or Jason Tea Tree or plain old Suave Clarifying, I am good to go. Small hair ball in the shower, if at all, and less in my brush.
Oh, and I'm experimenting with tea rinses/scalp sprays right now and they don't seem to bother my scalp (black tea and rooibos). But it's only been a week or so, so we'll see.
Even though I've known this for a while, I still try - because it feels like I'm missing out on some great growth treatments and I need all the help I can get, my hair grows so slow - but now I am going to just give up.
So now I'm going to keep everything but 'poo and tea away from my scalp. I will condition from my ears down and use my MegaTek from my ears down (it's my protein treatment), and the only exception is Henna/Henndigo, which is only once per month or two, so that's worth it.
Hopefully this will help to thicken my hair up in time (and keep my bathroom floor a bit cleaner).
Anyone else like this??