Hello,
I'm new to the forum, and im hoping someone here could recognise what is going on with my hair lately.
So i have recently been losing a lot of hair lately. I started counting about a week ago, and i estimate that i lose between 150-200 strands of hair a day. Mostly in the shower, where i lose 120+.
I cant figure out why this is going on, and i dont know if it is male pattern baldness. yes, a lot of it seems to be coming from the crown of my head (which is also itchy - not all the time but more than my sides would be itchy for example).
I have identified a number of possible reasons and hopefully i can get some advice on which is most likely to be causing my hair loss:
- i have dry scalp. I am quite certain its not dandruff but dry scalp, as i read dandruff means your scalp is often red. Anyways, if i ruffle my hair i can see small white flakes fall. However, my hair gets oily easily, even though i have dry scalp. So this means not shampooing is sadly out of the question.
- my hair loss started up (to my notice) when i started a job where i was in an air conditioned environment for over 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Could it be that it was too dry? I was there for about 2 months, and i've stopped now. But my hair loss is still ongoing
- i read that hair loss in autumn tends to be more? but i moved to a tropical climate 3 months ago so the weather is still very hot. im really hoping its seasonal hair loss but i tthink that it is unlikely
- male pattern baldness. my grandfather on my moms side i think had hair even when he was 90+ years old, but my dad's father had male pattern baldness. My dad started thinning quite visibly in his late forties. He is 50+ now and the baldness is not super prominent. I am 24 this year so im not sure if this is likely.
- my diet. i eat quite unhealthily, but as i dont cook, i dont have much choice as i need to buy cheap food.
Finally, the strands of hair that are falling out do not have a white bulb. So i read that this means it cant be telogen effluvium, which i was also hoping it was, as its supposed to be temporary.
Thank you for reading and any responses.
I'm new to the forum, and im hoping someone here could recognise what is going on with my hair lately.
So i have recently been losing a lot of hair lately. I started counting about a week ago, and i estimate that i lose between 150-200 strands of hair a day. Mostly in the shower, where i lose 120+.
I cant figure out why this is going on, and i dont know if it is male pattern baldness. yes, a lot of it seems to be coming from the crown of my head (which is also itchy - not all the time but more than my sides would be itchy for example).
I have identified a number of possible reasons and hopefully i can get some advice on which is most likely to be causing my hair loss:
- i have dry scalp. I am quite certain its not dandruff but dry scalp, as i read dandruff means your scalp is often red. Anyways, if i ruffle my hair i can see small white flakes fall. However, my hair gets oily easily, even though i have dry scalp. So this means not shampooing is sadly out of the question.
- my hair loss started up (to my notice) when i started a job where i was in an air conditioned environment for over 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Could it be that it was too dry? I was there for about 2 months, and i've stopped now. But my hair loss is still ongoing
- i read that hair loss in autumn tends to be more? but i moved to a tropical climate 3 months ago so the weather is still very hot. im really hoping its seasonal hair loss but i tthink that it is unlikely
- male pattern baldness. my grandfather on my moms side i think had hair even when he was 90+ years old, but my dad's father had male pattern baldness. My dad started thinning quite visibly in his late forties. He is 50+ now and the baldness is not super prominent. I am 24 this year so im not sure if this is likely.
- my diet. i eat quite unhealthily, but as i dont cook, i dont have much choice as i need to buy cheap food.
Finally, the strands of hair that are falling out do not have a white bulb. So i read that this means it cant be telogen effluvium, which i was also hoping it was, as its supposed to be temporary.
Thank you for reading and any responses.
