Hi, I'm Zach and I'm 19. (Great, another 19 year old scared about hair loss, I know I know.)
For the past year I've been going to beauty school and it's really put a lot of stress on me. They whisked us quickly into working on clients and having to deal with people every day and it really took a toll on me physically and emotionally. It still is.
Last year around November (2 months into starting school) I noticed my hair was going quite thin. Like, I could see my scalp through my hair quite well if my hair wasn't sitting correctly, and it really bothered me. My scalp was kind of sore, itchy, red, and my hair was thinner than it had ever been. In fact, it had never been thin like that before. I thought I was going bald. I didn't know what to do and it freaked me out a lot. I looked at every website, trying to match my hair loss to different things. Telogen effluvium, male pattern baldness, who knows. I couldn't figure it out because it didn't look like it was any of the pictures on the Norwood charts, because my hair wasn't thinning in the back by the crown. It was only thinning on the very top at the apex of my head, and around the front hairline. And only really thinned in the areas that my scalp was sore. Also, I had little baby hairs around my hairline, too. Which made me wonder if I could even have been balding/receding in front. People told me that my hairline was receding which really freaked me out, because hey maybe I did have male pattern baldness. I couldn't tell if it was receding or not, anyways, because I didn't remember what it looked like before, and I would think that I would notice if it were way farther back than I was used to. Another thing is, I don't have anyone in my family that had/has it. All of the males on both sides of my family all have/had a bunch of hair, from what my mom and grandmother told me. I never noticed any hairs all over my pillow or any hairs falling out of my head in the shower, either.
Well, that was last November, and now it's September and it's happened again. I'm really not sure what to do. I went to the doctor because I didn't think that it being pink, sore and itchy was a normal occurrence. He took a look at my head and agreed my scalp was pink but didn't think he saw any skin conditions that would cause the pain. He also said my hairline was receding a bit and that it may go farther back or stay where it is but he didn't know for sure. I just don't know what to believe anymore because none of the evidence is adding up. Is it from stress? Is it from genetics? Am I going bald? I don't know.
Does anyone know anything that could give me some more information? I'm tired of looking up mixed information and receiving and hearing mixed information from different sources and I just want some reassurance. Thanks for everything/anything to help me.
For the past year I've been going to beauty school and it's really put a lot of stress on me. They whisked us quickly into working on clients and having to deal with people every day and it really took a toll on me physically and emotionally. It still is.
Last year around November (2 months into starting school) I noticed my hair was going quite thin. Like, I could see my scalp through my hair quite well if my hair wasn't sitting correctly, and it really bothered me. My scalp was kind of sore, itchy, red, and my hair was thinner than it had ever been. In fact, it had never been thin like that before. I thought I was going bald. I didn't know what to do and it freaked me out a lot. I looked at every website, trying to match my hair loss to different things. Telogen effluvium, male pattern baldness, who knows. I couldn't figure it out because it didn't look like it was any of the pictures on the Norwood charts, because my hair wasn't thinning in the back by the crown. It was only thinning on the very top at the apex of my head, and around the front hairline. And only really thinned in the areas that my scalp was sore. Also, I had little baby hairs around my hairline, too. Which made me wonder if I could even have been balding/receding in front. People told me that my hairline was receding which really freaked me out, because hey maybe I did have male pattern baldness. I couldn't tell if it was receding or not, anyways, because I didn't remember what it looked like before, and I would think that I would notice if it were way farther back than I was used to. Another thing is, I don't have anyone in my family that had/has it. All of the males on both sides of my family all have/had a bunch of hair, from what my mom and grandmother told me. I never noticed any hairs all over my pillow or any hairs falling out of my head in the shower, either.
Well, that was last November, and now it's September and it's happened again. I'm really not sure what to do. I went to the doctor because I didn't think that it being pink, sore and itchy was a normal occurrence. He took a look at my head and agreed my scalp was pink but didn't think he saw any skin conditions that would cause the pain. He also said my hairline was receding a bit and that it may go farther back or stay where it is but he didn't know for sure. I just don't know what to believe anymore because none of the evidence is adding up. Is it from stress? Is it from genetics? Am I going bald? I don't know.
Does anyone know anything that could give me some more information? I'm tired of looking up mixed information and receiving and hearing mixed information from different sources and I just want some reassurance. Thanks for everything/anything to help me.
The top of my head (not as far back as my crown, more like the apex) is a little bit thinner than the sides and my hairline is slightly uneven and i dunno i dunno i dunno. I'm scared.
