Anyone familiar with traumatic stress hairloss

[saintsfan92344]

I have been freaking out with the amount of hair I have been losing over the last 2 months and in particular the last month or couple weeks. In may-june I had a couple extremely traumatic events, basically wasn't eating and lost roughly 20-30 lbs in a month, I didn't see any major hair loss at the time but like I said in the last couple BAM its going in a diffuse pattern. Plus my sides are thinner also, could it have taken that long for it to happen?

 

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I have been freaking out with the amount of hair I have been losing over the last 2 months and in particular the last month or couple weeks. In may-june I had a couple extremely traumatic events, basically wasn't eating and lost roughly 20-30 lbs in a month, I didn't see any major hair loss at the time but like I said in the last couple BAM its going in a diffuse pattern. Plus my sides are thinner also, could it have taken that long for it to happen?

That sounds about right. It usually falls out 2-3 months after a shock to the body (i.e. crash diet, surgery, extreme illness, death of a loved one). That's telogen effluvium.

The same thing happened to me.

If it's telogen effluvium, supposedly you should find and remove the trigger. Make sure you're eating well again. Typically, it should resolve on its own in time, unless the trigger remains or unless you have kickstarted genetic hair loss.

I think I had chronic telogen effluvium, so the shedding lasted for 2 years.

 

[saintsfan92344]

I had a receeding hairline, but it was slow progression when I started losing almost daily it scared the crap out of me, I sure hope it comes back, I just had a blood test to see if its thyroid related. Even if its telogen effluvium I am starting an aggressive treatment to get it regrowing including derma rolling

 

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I has a receeding hairline, but it was slow progression when I started losing almost daily it scared the crap out of me, I sure hope it comes back, I just had a blood test to see if its thyroid related. Even if its telogen effluvium I am starting an aggressive treatment to get it regrowing including derma rolling

I think that's a good call with the aggressive treatment. Some of these hair loss treatments may cause your hair to shed before working. They may even cause it to shed multiple times, which can be troubling if you already experiencing shedding. Just a heads up.

 

[saintsfan92344]

Yeah I know about the shedding and am a bit worried but it really cant be worse than whats already happened, By aggressive I am using minoxidil, nizoral, derma rolling, essential oils, miconozal, I am taking msm, biotin, plus regular vitamins, even onion juice for the sulphur plus went in for blood test last week, I know that's not as aggressive for some but I am mainly trying to get my hair to grow normal then work on the male pattern baldness receeding hairline part. After doing a lot of research this past week I think my hair loss is a combo of 3 things, 1 a bad reaction to prestiq an anxiety drug, it caused my hair to change texture,2nd, the month and a half of massive stress and depression and not eating at all in may - june, They say hairloss starts in 2-4 months after a traumatic event, that's exactly when it started, at the doctor I had lost 31 lbs but I think I lost 25 in less than a month and the majority of the calories that month were alcohol related more than likely. and third for a kicker I always have a shed between sept and nov and my hair has always been thinnest over thanksgiving. Basically all 3 aligned I believe in the perfect order to cause this. I can tell you this much, I have been on the regimen for less than 2 weeks and my hair has gotten much darker and I have less grey on my sides, I basically buzzed it with clippers last Monday w/o an attachment and it seems to be growing quicker but the texture hasn't changed yet

 

[anonymous]

Sorry to hear about your traumatic experience. I think going on that treatment is good for your case. You don't know if it's male pattern baldness (it probably isn't) so there's no need to go on finasteride yet. Some might argue about the onion juice and other non-conventional methods, but for you, some peace of mind is more important than any of those ingredients so as long as you're tackling the problem just believe that it's helping!

 

[saintsfan92344]

I have some male pattern baldness for sure but its been a slow progression, the hair that falls out is healthy hair not the thin sickly hair that used to so its something else involved. I do realize there a chance it wont come back but I am going to give it a fighting chance at least. I cant take propecia, I get massive sides, really get some on minoxidil 1x a day but that's bearable

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This morning I read a study that the medicine I was on reduces ferratin levels in people on blood pressure meds and low ferritin can cause hair loss, more importantly hard course brittle hair which is what I have, right now, I should get the results of my blood test next week but I am going to start taking iron supps in the mean time