Is it normal for hair on sides and back to thin?

[unluckystat]

I am shedding about 15-20 hairs on the side of my head daily, in addition to the 50+ on top. Is this normal for someone with male pattern baldness? I was already tested for thyroid problems and my thyroid glands are normal.

 

[Mickey]

No its not normal.Have you been under severe stress i mean severe stress and not everyday stress.

 

[Verb]

Not normal? It's been a long time since I've heard of anything this normal.

It seems a lot of users in here jumps to conclusions

 

[Mickey]

No i dont consider it to be normal to loose hair like that from the sides of the scalp.And im far from jumping to conclusions either im giving MY opinion just the same as you are as this is a public forum.and why am i jumping to conclusions!!!!

 

[Verb]

Okay, I'm sorry to insinuate that.

I do, however, believe, that many people on this forum tend to think nothing is normal.

 

[Mickey]

All im saying is to loose 15-20 hairs from the sides on a daily basis dont sound normal when a pluck test of 4 hairs coming out from the side means it could i say could mean its something rather than male pattern baldness plus the fact 50+ hairs from the top is being lost on a daily basis aswell.Thats why i asked if he has been under severe stress recently.I wont say anymore.

 

[RochaGO]

Have u ever noticed that those NW7 usually have a thinner hair on the sides and a neck a little bigger then the others? Some hairs on side are also attacked during the years..I would say that this is impossible to happen whith finasteride users if I didn´t have this same problem! An if it is a problem different from male pattern baldness, what could it be?

 

[jfrank]

my dad has the classic dreaded MPH, however, he has really thick hairs on the sides and back... that makes the combover possible

he should get a transplant..

 

[Axon]

Hair on the sides is not subject to male pattern baldness. Further, shedding is not male pattern baldness.

Average hair loss per day is 150 hairs.

 

[unluckystat]

It's my first year in college, and I transferred midway due to monetary problems but other than that stress, which i dont consider severe, I've been depressed because of this problem. I have really bad sebboraic (sp) dermatitis that I think I should have checked out though.

 

[2young]

The number of hairs shed by a "normal" person on a daily basis varies between 50-150 hairs/day. You will never go a day in your life without shedding some hair. Shedding is part of the hair growth process; a hair grows for several years (anagen phase), then stops growing for a few weeks (telogen phase), then a new hair grows, pushing the old one out. The problem with MBP isn't that you have a reduced number of follicles, its that the hairs they grow get progressively smaller and have shorter anagen phases until they're no longer cosmetically noticeable.

My (somewhat hypocritical, since I do it from time to time) advice is to stop counting the hairs you lose in a day. They're already gone anyway. The best way to evaluate your situation is to take photos every three months or so.

Stress can cause hair loss, but if you're losing it in the horshoe area, you've almost certainly got male pattern baldness, even if stress did speed things up somewhat.

 

[WADA]

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[Axon]

The number of hairs shed by a "normal" person on a daily basis varies between 50-150 hairs/day. You will never go a day in your life without shedding some hair. Shedding is part of the hair growth process; a hair grows for several years (anagen phase), then stops growing for a few weeks (telogen phase), then a new hair grows, pushing the old one out. The problem with MBP isn't that you have a reduced number of follicles, its that the hairs they grow get progressively smaller and have shorter anagen phases until they're no longer cosmetically noticeable.

My (somewhat hypocritical, since I do it from time to time) advice is to stop counting the hairs you lose in a day. They're already gone anyway. The best way to evaluate your situation is to take photos every three months or so.

Stress can cause hair loss, but if you're losing it in the horshoe area, you've almost certainly got male pattern baldness, even if stress did speed things up somewhat.

Thank God, a voice of reason.

This is exactly correct. Hair loss is a process of miniturization of the root follicle, NOT hair fallout. Everyone loses hair follicles daily - the problem begins when the root shrinks every cycle, eventually becoming invisible to the naked eye.

 

[Fallout Boy]

but doenst someone with male pattern baldness shed more hairs than someone without male pattern baldness??? I never remembered shedding so much when i didnt have male pattern baldness at like 15 - 16. But at the start of this i remember running my hand through my hair and hair being insanely easy to be pulled out / shed even when just looking over a book and touching my hair i would notice A LOT of hair fall out

 

[wangho75]

but doenst someone with male pattern baldness shed more hairs than someone without male pattern baldness??? I never remembered shedding so much when i didnt have male pattern baldness at like 15 - 16. But at the start of this i remember running my hand through my hair and hair being insanely easy to be pulled out / shed even when just looking over a book and touching my hair i would notice A LOT of hair fall out

ever seen a girl's hairbrush?? Now that's some hair fallout! Hell, I've never noticed a big amount of hair falling out much less counting 100 - 200 hairs falling out in the shower. I notice maybe 3 or 4 and then when I comb my wet hair, I notice maybe three strands on the comb. My hair is really thin and has been for years, but like the others said, it's miniturization of the hair follicle itself. That amount of shed hair should grow back in. When I see a few hairs fall out, it doesn't worry me at all.

 

[wangho75]

What if you have thin hair on the sides and also the noticeable horseshoe??

 

[Axon]

but doenst someone with male pattern baldness shed more hairs than someone without male pattern baldness??? I never remembered shedding so much when i didnt have male pattern baldness at like 15 - 16. But at the start of this i remember running my hand through my hair and hair being insanely easy to be pulled out / shed even when just looking over a book and touching my hair i would notice A LOT of hair fall out

You just notice it more...