Hello all,
I just had a question regarding a sudden shed i just experienced; this morning when i woke up I found almost 200 hairs on my pillowcase; when I usually find like 2 or 3. I know all about the different hair cycle phases and such and that usually each follicle is relatively independent from each other; but is this normal? Is it possible to just rarely shed for say 30 days out of a month or something, and just have 1 day where you shed alot because a group of follicles are on the same program or something?
Allow me to give some backstory that might potentially shed some light on the situation (no pun intended). I am a 28 year old man who, up until 25 days ago had long hair down to the center of my back. I could tell I was perhaps very slightly thinning, so decided to shave all my hair off to get a better picture of my situation (i ended up using a 1 razor on my whole head). Once my hair was short I was surprised to see that I was thinning up top more than I had expected; and thus immediately put myself on a regimen to reverse it. So also, approximately 25 days ago, I started running an hour a day, taking "hair effects" supplements that have things like Saw Palmetto and other potential DHT inhibiters, and Evening primrose oil, which is supposed to promote hair growth (recommended to me by a doctor). Also i started eating gojo berries. Could this change 25 days earlier have result in my sudden 1 day shed? In general I also eat very healthy and am in peak physical condition (martial arts and yoga teacher). Though I don't think it could have a massive effect I also slept poorly the night prior to the night of the shed (5.5 hours instead of my usual 8). Perhaps i was tossing and turning and rubbing my head into the pillow all night; (but i dont know why i'd do that more on this night than any other). Also, I can't think of any overly stressful event or health anomaly that happened in the preceding months.
Can any one come up with any ideas on why this might have happened? I will also keep you posted as to whether this continues or whether it was really just a sudden, one day thing. I know I probably should'nt worry too much, but as I've said; every day of my life i've only ever noticed hair loss that i could count on my fingers; this is a sudden, scary thing. Thank you for your help in advance.
I just had a question regarding a sudden shed i just experienced; this morning when i woke up I found almost 200 hairs on my pillowcase; when I usually find like 2 or 3. I know all about the different hair cycle phases and such and that usually each follicle is relatively independent from each other; but is this normal? Is it possible to just rarely shed for say 30 days out of a month or something, and just have 1 day where you shed alot because a group of follicles are on the same program or something?
Allow me to give some backstory that might potentially shed some light on the situation (no pun intended). I am a 28 year old man who, up until 25 days ago had long hair down to the center of my back. I could tell I was perhaps very slightly thinning, so decided to shave all my hair off to get a better picture of my situation (i ended up using a 1 razor on my whole head). Once my hair was short I was surprised to see that I was thinning up top more than I had expected; and thus immediately put myself on a regimen to reverse it. So also, approximately 25 days ago, I started running an hour a day, taking "hair effects" supplements that have things like Saw Palmetto and other potential DHT inhibiters, and Evening primrose oil, which is supposed to promote hair growth (recommended to me by a doctor). Also i started eating gojo berries. Could this change 25 days earlier have result in my sudden 1 day shed? In general I also eat very healthy and am in peak physical condition (martial arts and yoga teacher). Though I don't think it could have a massive effect I also slept poorly the night prior to the night of the shed (5.5 hours instead of my usual 8). Perhaps i was tossing and turning and rubbing my head into the pillow all night; (but i dont know why i'd do that more on this night than any other). Also, I can't think of any overly stressful event or health anomaly that happened in the preceding months.
Can any one come up with any ideas on why this might have happened? I will also keep you posted as to whether this continues or whether it was really just a sudden, one day thing. I know I probably should'nt worry too much, but as I've said; every day of my life i've only ever noticed hair loss that i could count on my fingers; this is a sudden, scary thing. Thank you for your help in advance.
