Shredding an insane amount of hair. Anybody else experience this before?

[povertyhairline]

Every morning I wash my hair in the sink and I will count about 20 strands that fall out. Then I put pomade and start combing. Every few times I comb my hair, like 3-4 strands will stick to the comb.

Every time I shower and I run my fingers through my hair I will lose 1-3 strands. Every time, it just won't stop. If I keep going, I'll just keep losing hair. Most of the hair I'm losing are full sized strands. I barely lose any hair at all when my hair is dry. Probably 1-2 strands for every 20 times I run my fingers through my hair.

I started using minoxidil about 3 months ago and I got the initial shed but it wasn't as bad as it is now. Could it be another minoxidil shed? This has been going on for about 3 weeks.
Does anybody know why I'm shedding so much? I know people lose 100 hair strands a day or whatever, but this just seems like a crazy amount.

Some background info. I just turned 18. I started noticing my hair loss at 17. I think I'm about a Norwood 1.5. I've already posted this somewhere else but barely got any replies. Hopefully some of you guys will know what's going on or what I should be doing. Thank you.

 

[smyth01]

Every morning I wash my hair in the sink and I will count about 20 strands that fall out. Then I put pomade and start combing. Every few times I comb my hair, like 3-4 strands will stick to the comb.

Every time I shower and I run my fingers through my hair I will lose 1-3 strands. Every time, it just won't stop. If I keep going, I'll just keep losing hair. Most of the hair I'm losing are full sized strands. I barely lose any hair at all when my hair is dry. Probably 1-2 strands for every 20 times I run my fingers through my hair.

I started using minoxidil about 3 months ago and I got the initial shed but it wasn't as bad as it is now. Could it be another minoxidil shed? This has been going on for about 3 weeks.
Does anybody know why I'm shedding so much? I know people lose 100 hair strands a day or whatever, but this just seems like a crazy amount.

Some background info. I just turned 18. I started noticing my hair loss at 17. I think I'm about a Norwood 1.5. I've already posted this somewhere else but barely got any replies. Hopefully some of you guys will know what's going on or what I should be doing. Thank you.

With or without minoxidil, everyone will have periods of big shedding. Thats not much hair to lose anyway, its pretty standard for a non balder to lose that when naturally shedding.

 

[Vlatch]

Huh, 20 hair lost during a shampoo isn't an insane amount at all...
I'd try an anti-androgen instead of minoxidil if I were you though.

 

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[povertyhairline]

Huh, 20 hair lost during a shampoo isn't an insane amount at all...
I'd try an anti-androgen instead of minoxidil if I were you though.

With or without minoxidil, everyone will have periods of big shedding. Thats not much hair to lose anyway, its pretty standard for a non balder to lose that when naturally shedding.

I lose like 50 hairs in total during the whole process though, if I shower and then style my hair. Is that still a normal amount? Before I noticed my balding, my hair never shed like this.