I'm new here, so I'll post a few details about my situation first. I'm 20 years old, and I first noticed my balding in the beginning of May after getting a haircut, although I'm sure I've been losing some hair longer than that. I have very uneven temple thinning; the right side must be something like a 1.5 on the Norwood scale, while the left side hasn't receded at all; just some thinning. Some see through scalp on my crown too, although you can't see it when the hair's dry. I have moderate length curly hair, which was exceptionally thick throughout my teenage years, and it sucks losing it when I'm still in college.
I've been on propecia since August, and starting tomorrow I'll have been on it for two months exactly. No significant changes so far; shedding tends to vary from day to day in quantity, and there's certainly no regrowth as of yet. I'm also using Nizoral 2% every three days. My scalp hardly itches anymore, which is great. Probably from carefully experimenting with different shampoos (tea tree, moisturizers) than from these medications, though.
Anyway, I haven't found a post quite like this on the forums, so I have to relate my situation. I tend to lose around 60-90 hairs every time in the shower, equivalent to the amount a person loses in a day. Surely I lose more elsewhere. But, when I comb my hair, I don't lose any hair, unless I give several brush strokes, and then I may only get 7-8 at the most. If I do this too, I pull at my hair (because of the curls), and I'm probably the one guilty of pulling out my hairs. I never find hairs on my pillow.
I can't help but feel that I am causing my own baldness by a)tugging at the hair when I comb it, and b) rubbing my head too vigorously when I shampoo. This morning, I decided to be extra gentle when applying nizoral, and I only found about 15 hairs total. Of course I may have just lost most of them down the drain when I rinsed, but I wouldn't be the wiser. So, can physical stress cause baldness, and can I prevent with more cautious grooming?
I've been on propecia since August, and starting tomorrow I'll have been on it for two months exactly. No significant changes so far; shedding tends to vary from day to day in quantity, and there's certainly no regrowth as of yet. I'm also using Nizoral 2% every three days. My scalp hardly itches anymore, which is great. Probably from carefully experimenting with different shampoos (tea tree, moisturizers) than from these medications, though.
Anyway, I haven't found a post quite like this on the forums, so I have to relate my situation. I tend to lose around 60-90 hairs every time in the shower, equivalent to the amount a person loses in a day. Surely I lose more elsewhere. But, when I comb my hair, I don't lose any hair, unless I give several brush strokes, and then I may only get 7-8 at the most. If I do this too, I pull at my hair (because of the curls), and I'm probably the one guilty of pulling out my hairs. I never find hairs on my pillow.
I can't help but feel that I am causing my own baldness by a)tugging at the hair when I comb it, and b) rubbing my head too vigorously when I shampoo. This morning, I decided to be extra gentle when applying nizoral, and I only found about 15 hairs total. Of course I may have just lost most of them down the drain when I rinsed, but I wouldn't be the wiser. So, can physical stress cause baldness, and can I prevent with more cautious grooming?
