Are you facing with a sudden hair loss condition? Worried and don't know what to do? I bet when it comes to
, everyone feel the same way because out of the sudden, you are losing your precious and glorious hairs..in bulks..
As there are plenty of reasons that can cause Telogen Effluvium, even doctors sometime find it hard to diagnose and pinpoint the exact problem accurately because the hair loss usually occurs quite some time after the 'shock'. That is why the best way besides looking for some general answers is to share your story and experiences about your condition. There are many people who face the same plight like yours and you can share feedbacks and opinions in a sufferer's perspective. When it comes to hair loss or life, Caring and Sharing makes the world go round..start sharing here.
Tell us about your sudden hair loss condition! If you have a problem related to Telogen Effluvium we are here to help and hear out! There is nothing better than getting feedbacks and advices from other sufferers. We will try our best to assist you go through this devastating moment in your life. If you have survived Telogen Effluvium or found a way to overcome it, why don't you share with the world your experience?
To contribute your own story whether to help or to ask, and you can do it right here. Just write your story and questions regarding your sudden hair loss..it's Easy as 1-2-3! Make this page about YOU.
Before you begin with your story, there are some points that I find helpful for visitors to clearly understand your condition.
Just write what you think it's appropriate. Share YOUR story with us and we will be glad to share our advices and recommendations with you.
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Surgery, relocation for work, meds.... my beautiful hair is GONE!
Well, I guess you never know a good thing until it's gone... I have always had beautiful (at the time I never appreciated it, now looking back I would ...
A week in which the world comes crashing down(Not just my Hair).
Hi all,
My name is Ryan and in a week in which we have seen Japan shocked by terrible Earthquakes and a Tsunami, I am losing my hair. It seems small ...
You know you're not handling stress when...
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Diagnosed with TE...
Hi,
First of all, thanks for letting me share my story. I’m a 24 year old female who has never experienced hair loss before…this is my first time.
My ...
Suffering from Telogen Effluvium for 8 YEARS now.
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19 year old girl
I am a 19 year old female. I had a bad case of mono about 4 months ago which believed to be the cause of my Telogen effluvium. I have seen several doctors ...
My hair loss
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Will this ever stop?!
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Chronic TE from BC pills and stress!
I am a 22 y/o female. In May 2009 I began taking Yaz birth control, and at the same time going through severe emotional stress. Two months later, July ...
My Telogen Effluvium is driving my CRAZY!!!!
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Scared i'm going bald
I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure from Fragile X two years ago at 36 after irregular periods. I never had a problem with my long & thick hair....
I was diagnosed with TE.......
I was diagnosed with TE about a month ago. Let's rewind about 6 months when this whole thing started. I'm 28, athletic, and have hypertension that is controlled ...
Depo Provera Has Ruined My Life By Taking My Hair From Me
I had three injections of Depo during 2003-2004, when I was 23, from the doctors at my university while I was in school.
After the first, I didn't ...
Why is this happening and when will it stop?
My hair started falling out by the handfuls 3 weeks ago, which I know from Goggling like crazy is *nothing* compared to what some people have gone through....
Hair loss Hell!
I always had thick hair - that is up until a few months ago. I was on birth control pills for about 16 years before I stopped them this past March. It ...
Getting married in one month...
I am a 24 year old female and I have been experiencing excessive hair loss for a few weeks now. The past year has been a whirlwind of emotion -- my grandmother,...
Confirming the Yasmin birth control - hair loss connection.
I would like to submit myself as a "test subject," as it were. I have been experiencing serious Telogen Effluvium (temporary hair loss) from my first ...
A Case of Telogen Effluvium
Hi,
I'm a 22 year old male who was diagnosed with TE about a month ago. 3 weeks before my diagnosis I suddenly noticed I could see more of my scalp ...
Suffering from excessive hair loss from last month
First of I would like to thanks you guys to provide me the opportunity to share my problem with you.
Well I am 25 year old male from India. I am suffering ...
Is it Telogen Effluvium?
Hi everyone, I am a 22 year old female, an Asian, and used to have relatively thick hair. However, one year ago, I started to realise that whenever I used ...
Double Devastation
Two and a half years ago I became very depressed and had extreme anxiety over the terrible state of my marriage. My hair was falling out so much it would ...
Post Surgery Sudden hair loss!
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Telogen Effluvium...I'm bored of it!
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What happened to my hair?
I am a healthy 30 year old female. At the start of June, 2007 I decided to go off of the BCP (Birth Control Pill) in order to start a family. By October ...
Lamictal and Hair Loss
I always had thick hair but recently I was put on Lamictal (600mg) for seizures. I had been on Dilantin and Tegretol for many years but suffered from ...
Losing my hair! Am i going bald?
Hi firstly I would like to thank you so much for giving us an opportunity to share our hair problems with you and others.
I have been suffering from ...
Migraine, NOR QD...and hair loss.
Hey all...nice to have found this.
I'm 44. I have always had massive hair; long, thick, Native American hair....
I have also been a migraine sufferer ...
Losing my hair! Is it Male Pattern Baldness or something else?
Hi thanks for your time...
I have been suffering excessive hair loss for a whole year now. My hairs have gone so thin especially from the top. There ...
19 year old male, hair loss?!?!?
I just moved down to Texas from Idaho for school, about 3 months ago, and I've noticed my hair has gotten really thin, and I've been losing a lot of it ...
I want my hair back!
About last Spring I suddenly had clumps of shedding hair in the shower and it was no stopping for about two months. The thinning was fast and quick. I ...
18 Year Old Losing Hair Due to Birth Control Pill
I took the Yasmin birth control pill for TWO MONTHS. Two months, people. During this time I lost a lot of hair, but at the end of the 2nd cycle it became ...
It's Become All-Consuming
So, this is completely out of character for me; to actually post on one of these sites. I've done a ton of reading, but have been passive when it comes ...
Depo Provera is making me go bald!!!!
I am 26 and I started using Depo Provera as a form of contraception back in March. About two months after the injection I noticed that my fringe was getting ...
I am 26 and going through sudden hairloss.
So I had been through some constant emotional stress in the month of May and also caused by continued by some physical stress over few weeks. I have been ...
Desperately seeking answers - Depo Provera Causing Hair Loss?
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My Telogen Effluvium Story
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Is Weight Loss and/or Diet the Cause of Sudden Hair Loss?
I am a 45 year old female. I was feeling a bit "off" in September 2007. I began treatment with a Chinese herbalist sometime in October 2007. I suffered ...
TE after 8 Weeks of Severe Insomnia
I am a 25 year old male with previously very very thick hair. Between early May to early July I had a severe case of insomnia and anxiety. The insomnia ...
Telogen Effluvium for 5 months no sign of improvement
Hi I am a 25 year old female and I started noticing my hair loss in Feb '09 (now almost June) in the past few months it has gotten really bad.
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Always on My Mind
I am a 30-year old female going through what is quickly becoming one of the toughest challenges in my life. I never thought that losing hair can be that ...
My Hair loss
Hi my name is Eman and I’m a female, I have this problem of hair loss since I was 18 when I had typhoid for about one month's illness. I had very long ...
Facing Hair Loss at 22
Hi I am a 22 year old male one day I woke up to a beautiful day in the month of January 2008 I was getting ready to go out whilst I was styling my hair ...
Diary of a mad of mad hair loss!
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My Hair Loss Journey....
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20 year old bald male.. from the effects of surgery
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Mono, Starting College and Kidney Stone
I am an eighteen year old female that was put in the hospital in august for seven days with a severe case of Mono (Edited: Mononucleosis is a common infectious ...
27 y. o. female; rapid diffuse hair loss and alopecia areata :( HELP!
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Hello All!
I guess my story is similar to many of yours! I am a 27 year old woman and my hair started falling out in clumps at the end of September....
hair loss post typhoid
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hi guys,
my name is ram and i was treated for typhoid fever four months ago and later i noticed aggravated hairfall. i thought it is due to powerful ...
in recovery from cte
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hi everyone!
i am 24 yrs old..my hair loss started about 3 yrs back..but since i had lots n lots of hair, very dense, my sclap never showed..so i just ...
TE from birth control pills. When will it stop?!
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I’ve been suffering from hair loss that I think was caused by birth control pills. I had been taking Seasonale since March when my dermatologist put me ...
my scary story
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I am 19 years old And very scared. It all started 2 months ago when I looked in the mirror And saw a huge bald spot on my head on the back I got so scared ...
My lovely locks
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Rapid loss
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I'm a 34yr old female, I noticed my hair thinning last year. I died my hair and notice my hair color was not growing out, three months after I died my ...
Hair loss...:(
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First, let me tell you that I'm 42 years old. Since the end of May this year, I have been losing ALOT of hair. I would say for sure half of my hair or ...
Excessive and rapid hair loss in less than three months
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I have always had an over abundance of hair, a ton of it as well as coarse so a double whammy as far as thick hair goes. And I have always shed like crazy ...
I never imagined I'd be on site for hair loss.
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Hello, I'm a 36 year old mother of two teenaged children (so I don't get to blame just having a baby on the hair loss ;-) Here's my story:
I started ...
26 year old Canadian female suffering from hair loss
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I just turned 26 years old and I'm suffering from female hair loss. I started to notice my hair getting thinner about 3 to 4 years ago. I assumed it ...
Hopeless
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In December of 2010, I was told by my doctor (from observation) at a physical that I had "some alopecia caused by too much testerone". He offered Aldoactone ...
Bad trip to Hairdresser!
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I think that is when it all started. I asked for lowlights, and got highlights and low lights and ruined hair which started to break. I am 60 years old ...
experiencing diffused hair thining .
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Hello. I am 21 yrs old male.my story goes on sth this way. Usually I have an oily scalp with oily dandruff repeatedly occurring after couple days from ...
Im going crazy!!!!
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I am 30yr old female who has had beautiful think shiny long dark hair all my life. I recently gave birth to my 2nd daughter and and the same time was suffering ...
Recent Hair Loss
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I'm 44..haven’t been to a doctor in yrs..except abut 5 yrs ago I had they say a bad panic attack..which they made me have a test that showed all blood ...
25 year old male sudden and constant shedding
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First I will tell the string of events that occurred prior to my hair shedding as it may have some relation to the shed. In May of last year I graduated ...
I am a 61 year old male sudden hair shedding
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I had a thin spot on the crown when I was 31 this was after a divorce. I grew back in. My hair was thinning somewhat at the temples.
In 2010 I still ...
Please help me
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I’m a 25yr old healthy female. For the last 2 years I've noticed that I've been loosing 'more than average amounts' of hair either in the shower or in ...
I WAS LOSING A LOT OF HAIR
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I suddenly started losing a lot of hair, hand full at a time and I am American Indian and Italian. I did not know until today what the problem was, as ...
Is my Hair Loss Telogen Effluvium ?
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I’m a student in my last year at 6th form and about 3 months ago I started noticing hair loss. I mean, this was about November last year, so I was quite ...
Hair Loss for almost one year
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Hi All,
I am Thomas, 26 years old and I want to share my story about hair loss with you because I feel very confused.
(I think)It all started January ...
My TE so far
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I'm a 27 y.o. female right now going thru TE. Three months ago, I was down with Dengue Fever which I believe to have triggered the TE.
Over the last ...
I am not able to figure out why my hair fall is not stopping?
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Hi,
I am 29 years old, female, married.
I started to experience hair fall after my marriage at the age of 21. Later it increased at an alarming rate ...
Where do I Start???
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I have lost hair from topomax and lamictal both. I never lost hair from tegretol. I have been on topomax for 5 years and am now using rogaine all over....
I think I have TE.
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Hello, my name is Karen and I have never written about my hair loss before. I am 43 years old, but started noticing my hair loss when I was 39 when I ...
Hairloss
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I usually have hair fall but i always think it's normal. However,these few days, I am suffering excessive hair fall. Every time I go to shower, after waking ...
Rapid Hair Loss
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Hello I am 21 years old. This hair loss thing is very new to me, mainly because about four months ago I have a full head of hair that I never thought twice ...
In Hell
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I had an eating disorder for about 10 months. In August 2010, I stopped restricting and went back to normal eating habits.
About a month later Telogen ...
Found the Cause, When Will the Hair Loss Stop?
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I am a healthy, active 46 year old woman who's never dyed her hair and has yet to go grey. I started losing my long thick strawberry blonde hair last fall....
Death of a friend leads to hair loss
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I've noticed past, extreme sudden hair loss a bit after minor surgery, child birth twice, as well as crash diets. I'm 33 years old and have pretty fine ...
Realised Yazmin is the cause of my hair loss
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Thanks to sites like this I Have realised why my hair is falling out at alarming rates. I was on the Dianette pill for years and was happy with it as it ...
Think I will go bald in few days!!!!!!!!
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Hi All,
I have recently moved to Auckland, New Zealand from India. I enjoy the place and the people but the only disheartening experience is sudden ...
Reoccuring TE
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I'm a 25 year old female who has been dealing with periodic hair loss for 10 years now. I have fine very dark hair. I'm active, have a very regular period,...
Never Ending Hell
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I am a 35 year old female who started with this nightmare a few months after my 33rd B-day. It came on fast and scary and has not let up since. It is ...
Hair shedding, NOT MALE PATTERN BALDNESS
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First off, I'm a healthy, 21 year old male. It all started when I began losing weight. I stopped eating much of the fattier foods I used to enjoy on a ...
Chronic Telogen Effluvium
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Hi,
I am a 58 year old female who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 7 years ago. Two years ago I noticed my hair becoming thinner. I went to ...
Hair loss with depression and anxiety
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I am 29 years old and for the past 8 months I have been under severe depression and increased anxiety. I have always had full and thick brown hair.
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Post surgery hair loss
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I am a 45 year old woman, in good general health. In March 2010 I became suddenly unwell with a very high temperature and severe abdominal pain in the ...
I've been suffering for more than a year now!
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In August of 2008, I broke up with my fiancé. This break-up left me jobless and living back with my parents. I went through extreme emotional stress ...
Looking for help with Telogen Effluvium.
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Last Sept. 2009 I started losing my hair. I noticed it first in the shower and then in the comb. I have had a scalp test done and the results indicated ...
thick to thin in 3 months
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Got drunk at a party tried going home and crashed into a tree going 100 mph and was ejected out the back window and was found dead at the scene had a nurse ...
Hair loss from HGH and Thyroxin
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I’m a 31 year old male who has always been in superior condition with a very full head of hair. My hairdressers and others would frequently comment on ...
TE, my ongoing nightmare.
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Hey a guy, my name is Michael and I’m currently 18 years old. My story begins almost 2 years ago at the age of 17 when I had dental surgery to remove my ...
I never thought my hair could mean so much!
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I am a 34 female who started noticing I was losing large amounts of hair about 2 months ago, however, I am having such a hard time trying to figure out ...
Hair Loss due to Depo.
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I've been taking the Depo shot for the past year and I noticed that my hair has been falling out a lot. It's not just when I comb it, it's all the time....
My Telogen Effluvium
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I'm a 37 year old woman who was under a lot of stress. I was emotionally wiped! I was about 149 lbs then was so stressed that I was going all day without ...
Losing Hair Drastically !
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I am a 16 year old girl who has been facing hair loss for about 2 months now. I joined college in Sep 09 and since then I have been under a lot of stress ...
I've been through this before, but now want to know the cause.
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I've had 2 pregnancies, both high risk and hard on my body (Severe hyperemesis gravidarum) . I lost lots of hair after both of them, but it was much worse ...
Telogen Hair loss -proving results in 2 months
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Sudden hair loss- getting worried!
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Hi there, I’m an 18 year old male, and have noticed more hair falling out than usual. I have longish, blonde hair- an inch or 2 above my shoulders.
I ...
Suddenly I noticed alot of hair in the shower and and on the floor
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It wasn't until I took a bath one day and washed my hair in the tub as I usually always take a shower....there were over 100 dark hairs in the tub and ...
Sudden Diffuse Thinning All Over
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About ten months ago I did something really stupid. Before I had really thick hair with no receding hairline and my hairdresser used to comment on how ...
Severe Depression and Hair loss
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I am a 44 year old female in good health except for moderate to severe depression which I have suffered with most of my life. Up until recently my depression ...
Selfish Sacrifice for Thinness
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I am an 18 year old female student and I started feeling extremely unhappy about my body weight because I could not fit into any strapless of sleeveless ...
Devastating
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My fiancé broke up with my back in August 2008 and it was a very hard thing for me as I quit a job and was left unemployed and had a broken heart. I went ...
Come Back Hair!
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I am a 21 year old male experiencing a lot of hair loss. There is some pattern baldness on my paternal side, but never this young in life. When I shampoo ...
T.E. at 20
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I'm twenty years old and female. I've always had a very thick, almost unmanageable mane of hair. This past year has been very rough; I have been dealing ...
I'm starting to get really worried
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Hi, I am a 24 year old female. I started to notice my hair loss about 3 months ago when I was sweeping the floor and was surprised by all the hair that ...
Sudden Hair Loss, is it TE?
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Hi there,
I'm a 29 year old male and I used to have a lot of thick hair. In mid-December, I started noticing that the population changed and thought ...
Abnormal hair loss at 18. Is it Telogen Effluvium?
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I don't know why it happened but the shedding has been going on for about one year already. One day, I saw a lot of hairs like about 20 on the pillows ...
NEVER crash diet...
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I’m a 19 year old male and have been losing hair for nearly 2 to 3 months. This past summer in May I began a crash diet, losing nearly 50 pounds in 2 months....
Hair Loss and Depression
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I am a 50yr old woman who had a full head of fine hair up until five months ago when I noticed an increase in hair loss across my entire head and thinning ...
43 Year Old Losing Hair
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Six months ago I became ill from my stomach that lasted about 4 months as I caught up with a bacterial intestinal infection. I was told I have irritable ...
I'm 28 yrs. old female and losing a lot of hair on the sides.
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"Birth Control and use Rogaine." My family doctor thought it was a hormone change that a lot of women go through after having a baby and thought it would ...
My hair is coming out and im scared to death. Please help
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Here’s my story. I just turned 30 in October and my hair has never been what you would call thick, but it wasn’t this thin either. I eat right, I’m not ...
Losing my hair at 23!
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I started to notice diffuse hair loss of hair with white bulbs on the ends back in March and now 8 months later it's still going on. At first I thought ...
It's been a few months now...
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Hello. I'm a 26 year old female and over the last few months I've noticed more and more of my hair falling out. At first, I wasn't too worried because ...
