Just wondering if anyone out there has telogen effluvium...I'd love someone to talk about this with.
I noticed my hair was looking thinner about 2 months ago...Shortly after that my eyebrows and eyelashes started shedding as well! I was terrified!! I went to my doctor who checked my thyroid and iron levels, which came back fine. She said her best guess was that it was from my birth control pills, which I have been on for over a year and a half. She told me to see her in 6-8 weeks if it didn't improve (Doesn't she realize how LONG that is to wait when your hair is falling out!!).
Everyday more eyebrows, eyelashes and hair are falling out...When my alarm clock goes off in the morning I get really nervous and anxious about showering and washing my face, and would start every day crying. I have been off of my birth control pills for 5 and half weeks now...I can see a few eyebrows coming back, but everything keeps falling out!!
I also saw a dermatologist who said my doctor was probably right--that there was no indication that it was anything other than my hormones being out of whack from my bc pills. He didn't do any other tests, he just checked my scalp to make sure that it wasn't coming out in patches, which it isn't.
Even with this reassurance from 2 doctors I am crying everyday, and I just feel really depressed. I am so worried that it is something else causing it or that my hair wont come back. I feel so stupid because loosing a little bit of hair shouldn't be the focus of my life but it has become all I think about. I'm always worried. Everytime a few eyelashes fall out a burst into tears. I am contantly looking in the mirror for signs of regrowth. I feel like everyone is always looking at me--which is completely not true, but I can't stop feeling that way. I call my mom at least twice a day just to hear her tell me it's going to be ok. It's affecting my relationship with my husband because I feel so ugly and worried. It's all been pretty terrible.
Anyway if anyone out there is experiencing this I'd love to talk to you. Or anyone else who has advice on how long it will take to come back, or how to get my mind off of it.
Thanks so much...Can't wait to meet you all.
-Shahsa
I noticed my hair was looking thinner about 2 months ago...Shortly after that my eyebrows and eyelashes started shedding as well! I was terrified!! I went to my doctor who checked my thyroid and iron levels, which came back fine. She said her best guess was that it was from my birth control pills, which I have been on for over a year and a half. She told me to see her in 6-8 weeks if it didn't improve (Doesn't she realize how LONG that is to wait when your hair is falling out!!).
Everyday more eyebrows, eyelashes and hair are falling out...When my alarm clock goes off in the morning I get really nervous and anxious about showering and washing my face, and would start every day crying. I have been off of my birth control pills for 5 and half weeks now...I can see a few eyebrows coming back, but everything keeps falling out!!
I also saw a dermatologist who said my doctor was probably right--that there was no indication that it was anything other than my hormones being out of whack from my bc pills. He didn't do any other tests, he just checked my scalp to make sure that it wasn't coming out in patches, which it isn't.
Even with this reassurance from 2 doctors I am crying everyday, and I just feel really depressed. I am so worried that it is something else causing it or that my hair wont come back. I feel so stupid because loosing a little bit of hair shouldn't be the focus of my life but it has become all I think about. I'm always worried. Everytime a few eyelashes fall out a burst into tears. I am contantly looking in the mirror for signs of regrowth. I feel like everyone is always looking at me--which is completely not true, but I can't stop feeling that way. I call my mom at least twice a day just to hear her tell me it's going to be ok. It's affecting my relationship with my husband because I feel so ugly and worried. It's all been pretty terrible.
Anyway if anyone out there is experiencing this I'd love to talk to you. Or anyone else who has advice on how long it will take to come back, or how to get my mind off of it.
Thanks so much...Can't wait to meet you all.
-Shahsa