Counting hairs in the shower.

[VOVVIE]

I know that you arent supposed to do it, because it just increases stress and anxiety. But i garentee that over 70% of people here do it, even the ones that tell other people not to.. I do, its a bad habbit, like popping pimples or starting to floss.. But it doesnt make me as depressed as it used to because i know that im on a medically proven treatment now . happy

 

[Guest]

Since when is flossing a bad habit?

 

[Fallout Boy]

Since when is flossing a bad habit?

because it ..uhh causes ...cleaner teeth??

 

[2young]

I'll confess that I do it from time to time, but lately it's been making me happy, not freaking me out. I don't know if it means much, but going from 50-60 hairs on my hands while shampooing to 10-20 since I started treatment can't be a bad thing. If nothing else, it helps me panic less often.

 

[chewbaca]

I'll confess that I do it from time to time, but lately it's been making me happy, not freaking me out. I don't know if it means much, but going from 50-60 hairs on my hands while shampooing to 10-20 since I started treatment can't be a bad thing. If nothing else, it helps me panic less often.

same here....

 

[nervx]

I just started counting hairs in the shower.

Before taking proscar i would only see the odd one or two hairs and when doing the pull test with my whole hand i would only get 1-2 hairs.

Now i'm a little over 3 weeks on proscar and i see about 10 hairs(maybe more hard to tell) in the shower and when doing the pull test it's fairly easy to get 5 or so hairs each pull.

WTF? I hear tons of people talk about shedding months into using finasteride but is it possible to start shedding this early?

 

[Mickey]

I admit i use to do it but it became a mind f***.I spent the rest of the day thinking i lost X amount of hairs today and would dread the next time i washed my hair.Its a unhealthy thing to do.Whats more important isnt so much now many hairs you lose when you wash your hair its what is on your head that counts.As people without a hair loss condition lose hair.

 

[Baldie]

WTF? I hear tons of people talk about shedding months into using finasteride but is it possible to start shedding this early?

Pheew...I thought it was only me! I'm now on my second week of propecia and I'm shedding like mad (at least I think so). Doing the "pull-test" i easily get 5-6 hair falling out. I've been on minoxidil for 4 months before starting propecia and experienced great regrowth. Now that i started propecia (2 weeks ago) I seem to be loosing a lot. I've got 2 theories:

1. The hair hair that is now falling out is what minoxidil regrew for me (I was practically bald on the top, but after 4 months on minoxidil i've grown quite a lot. No where near full head of hair though, you can still see straight through to my scalp). The majority of the hair that falls out is colourless (not vellus) or a bit of colour, but no terminal hairs (maybe 1 terminal hair). I'm hoping these will grow out to be thicker terminal hairs.

2. I know I'm a good responder to minoxidil and hope that I am to propecia too. I'm hoping that the reason my hair falls out now (mainly colourless or a bit coloured hair (not vellus)) is that propecia has kicked in and kicked the sh*t out of those colourless hair and that proper terminal hair are lurking underneath the surface waiting to come out in a month or two.

I'm sure there's the 3rd option which is, tough sh*t, you're loosing your hair wether you like it or not and no amount of drugs are going to make it stop or reverse!

BUT, i'd much rather believe in option 1 or 2. At least I'm not the only one to experience a major shed after 2 weeks on propecia. I was expecting, as were you nervx, a shed after a few months.....not 2 weeks. At least I'm in the same boat as someone else.

Wish us luck!

 

[global]

I dont count but just take a quick look at my hands to see if the number of hairs is roughly the same every time.

I would only worry if it changed a lot.

 

[Guest]

Since when is flossing a bad habit?

It causes hairloss.
Only kidding newbies.

 

[nervx]

The majority of the hair that falls out is colourless (not vellus) or a bit of colour, but no terminal hairs (maybe 1 terminal hair). I'm hoping these will grow out to be thicker terminal hairs.

Most of the hair i notice falling out is also very fine and light in color. Hope this is a good sign. If it is and we're responding this fast we could be in for some very nice results. *Crosses fingers