The white bulbs.

[20sometingtoo]

What does it mean if the hairs you are losing have a white bulb attached the end? Is that good? Is that bad?

 

[person_123]

yeah, that's what i noticed too.

does that mean the hair is gone? or does it mean that the hair is regrowing?

i've been "told" it's just a bit of skin attached to the end, but is it the root? i hope it's not the root.

 

[HairyBerry]

That means the hair strand reached terminal lenght, the white bulb is 100% normal, what is not so normal is shedding small hairs without tappered ends, that usually means they achieved terminal lenght way too soon and I think that's a sign of miniaturization or so I've heard.

 

[dem]

I recently have been noticing that when I lose or shed hairs they are thicker and attached are the white bulbs. I think that this has only been the case since the addition of minoxidil. I never really noticed it while on propecia. As your saying HairyBerry, I hope this is a good sign.

 

[receedinghairline]

so if the hair is getting thinner towards where it attaches to the scalp then thats a good sign?

That means the hair strand reached terminal lenght, the white bulb is 100% normal, what is not so normal is shedding small hairs without tappered ends, that usually means they achieved terminal lenght way too soon and I think that's a sign of miniaturization or so I've heard.

 

[Guest]

I am noticing brown bulbs on mine. Most of my shed hairs have the brown bulbs. I don't know about any white bulb.

 

[HairyBerry]

so if the hair is getting thinner towards where it attaches to the scalp then thats a good sign?

I don't know but I think healthy hairs keep their thickness all over, generally when hair follicles are dieying they produce thinner hair.


Jayman that's a bit weird, never heard about brown bulbs before.