Seasonal shedding - when does it occur?

**earthnut** · April 18th, 2013, 11:25 PM

I have never noticed seasonal shed, my hair sheds pretty much continually. Although I live pretty far north (48' N) and the day lengths vary quite a lot, my climate is mild with cool summers and rainy winters. Deciduous trees native to the Eastern US get confused here and are not sure when to drop their leaves or leaf out in the spring. We get some fall color here but not a lot. The dew points here are also pretty constant.

**Sarahlabyrinth** · April 19th, 2013, 03:55 AM

I got mine fixed, it was almost as bad as yours. It took them a week and a half and I had to hire a car in the meantime. I hope you can get yours done, it is really hard not having a car to drive.

**dre** · May 16th, 2013, 07:44 PM

I have the exact same problem as jeanniet...it is very discouraging..

**Nefcerka** · September 18th, 2023, 09:08 AM

I haven´t been really paying attention, not knowing *seasonal* shedding is a thing before I joined LHC. But I shed a little more than average some time in September and then again in March.

**foreveryours** · September 18th, 2023, 11:08 AM

No consistent seasonal pattern for shedding has emerged for me.

Sometimes WINTER, sometimes SUMMER,

and most other times whenever

**lapis_lazuli** · September 20th, 2023, 07:08 PM

Such interesting data, foreveryours!

I don't shed seasonally as far as I know.

**foreveryours** · September 20th, 2023, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by lapis_lazuli

Such interesting data, foreveryours!

I don't shed seasonally as far as I know.

I don't think many people actually do, literature reports notwithstanding. Those studies IMHO are of insufficient duration. In my case spanning over 2 years, early on I appear to shed heavily during the winter (I mentioned this several times in the forum) but more recently it's summer. So what the hey. Humans lost any semblance of seasonality when they lost most of their hair. There's no point. What I find most interesting though in the plot is the consistency in rates both entering and leaving shed periods. The same slope goes up. The same slope goes down. Measured independently months apart. I know of no reason why such rate uniformity should be the case but it seems to be.

**lapushka** · September 24th, 2023, 08:08 AM

Meh, my hair is fickle. Sometimes, it appears, I do; other times? Nope. It depends. I am losing more than normal ATM. And it may be due to that, because when it did occur it was always September, spider season where I'm at. That, and March. Those 2 months, if at all. Hair is a living breathing thing, just as you are, it is after all part of you and it will always reflect the state of your health.