Is This Unusual Shedding Balding Or Something Else?

Nitchbigga · Jun 30, 2018

For the past week and a half I’ve had an itchy scalp and shedding from hair and some from my eyebrows. i only lose about 10-15 hairs on my pillow, but I’ve still can feel them fall off during the day and when I rub my hair all over over the sink I can lose like 15 in a minute during the worst part. I have a dermatology appt. in a couple days, and I have a bad ocd that causes a lot of stress, as well as havinng an operation around 6 months ago. Also maybe an under active thyroid? It’s a long shot but has anyone here had the same problem as me? Thanks

Nitchbigga · Jun 30, 2018

Alao jist wanted to add the hairs don’t really look minituriazed and my density and hairline appear the same as my mid-teens. Don’t really know about early teens because I always used to wear bangs then and never checked

hearthesirens · Jul 2, 2018

Hey, just saw you response on my thread. It does sound quite similar.. sorry to hear you're going through that. I still don't have any answers for myself other than the male pattern baldness process has just "switched on" and I'm shedding a lot.

I have booked in with an endocrinologist though for next week, so I'll let you know if they shed (...) any light on the situation.

If you happen to be London based feel free to drop me a message and I'll let you know which dermatologists I've seen and who I'd recommend.

Nitchbigga · Jul 2, 2018

hearthesirens said:
Hey, just saw you response on my thread. It does sound quite similar.. sorry to hear you're going through that. I still don't have any answers for myself other than the male pattern baldness process has just "switched on" and I'm shedding a lot.

I have booked in with an endocrinologist though for next week, so I'll let you know if they shed (...) any light on the situation.

If you happen to be London based feel free to drop me a message and I'll let you know which dermatologists I've seen and who I'd recommend.

Thanks for the reply. I saw a dermatologist today and was told it was telogen effluvium like I sort of suspected. I’m probably gonna have my thyroid checked in a couple of weeks to see if that is the culprit of it. I also have pretty severe bdd that causes a lot if stress so it could be that too.