i have a question for you guys... they say that when you can pull out more than 3 hairs doing a pull test, it is considered Telogen Effluvium... I have been able to pull out 3+ hairs out of hair for hte past year... cant be a Telogen Effluvium shed... so what do you guys think?
Telogen Effluvium shed
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Sir_LagaLot
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i wish...i dont really think thats very accurate jfrank...i'd visit a derm or get some bloodwork/scalp biopsy done. its also said that if theres a 'white bulb' at the end then its t.e ?! you seem bent on convincing yourself its t.e and not male pattern baldness from info you get from these forums alone and the same people are telling you the same stuff over n' over 
.. i think its time to get a professional opinion.
.. i think its time to get a professional opinion.there is white bulb on every hair thats shed whether its Telogen Effluvium or male pattern baldness, its just that sometimes the "bulb" gets rubbed off or is so small its invisible, this has nothing to do with jdung if its Telogen Effluvium or male pattern baldness
Sir_LagaLot
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exactly..but according to dr.lee's pull test..if theres a white bulb then its t.e ?! said so on a thread here...i didnt get it either...the hair i lose have almost no bulb at all...let alone white..the bulb at the end can barely be made out. and the short hair i lose dont even have that. how would it get rubbed out when the hair falls ?
TELOGEN (RESTING) HAIR SHAFT BULBS AND CLUB HAIRS
Telogen (resting) hair shaft bulbs are observed in telogen hairs. These resting hairs may be easily found by running your fingers through your scalp, as everyone loses about 50 to 150 resting hairs per day. The bulb end is swollen and looks like a cotton applicator tip. It is called a club hair, because early writers that that telogen resting hair shaft bulbs looked like a club. The telogen hair shaft bulb is white. The telogen hair shaft bulb (club hair bulb) consists of shrunken hair matrix cells that have stopped growing. If there is no white bulb, then the hair has been pulled out still in anagen phase by external factors, (tugging out your hairs, getting caught in comb etc.)
In theory your hair is going through its normal phase and resting before it comes to live.
Telogen (resting) hair shaft bulbs are observed in telogen hairs. These resting hairs may be easily found by running your fingers through your scalp, as everyone loses about 50 to 150 resting hairs per day. The bulb end is swollen and looks like a cotton applicator tip. It is called a club hair, because early writers that that telogen resting hair shaft bulbs looked like a club. The telogen hair shaft bulb is white. The telogen hair shaft bulb (club hair bulb) consists of shrunken hair matrix cells that have stopped growing. If there is no white bulb, then the hair has been pulled out still in anagen phase by external factors, (tugging out your hairs, getting caught in comb etc.)
In theory your hair is going through its normal phase and resting before it comes to live.
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the 3+ probably refers to a pull consisting of ten hairs becuase it is statistically unlikely to have 3+ hairs in telogen out of several samples of 10 hairs.
I am basing this on having read somewhere about a hair pull but the numbers they used were 5+ hairs in a pull of 25 hairs.
I am basing this on having read somewhere about a hair pull but the numbers they used were 5+ hairs in a pull of 25 hairs.