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Telogen Effluvium...I'm bored of it!
I’m male and I’m 24. I’ve had a shitty time over the past year stressing about my career. In early July I split up with my girlfriend of 5 yrs. However over the summer my hair was in great condition and thick (I’ve always had a sort of mid-length Indy kid-ish hair cut). I had receded slightly at my temples but it really wasn’t anything and not an issue at all as I’d always had quite a high hairline anyway. I decided to escape to see if some time out to collect my thoughts would help so I went to Australia for 7 weeks. This was cool, I had fun but at the same time my hair issues (and personal issues) were still at the back (and front of my mind) and quite overshadowed the trip. About 2 months in from the start of my hair loss things were getting quite intense with my shedding. There would usually be 20 or more hairs on the pillow when I woke, then lots would come out every time I brushed my hair (up to 50 at the worst times) and even just touching my hair lightly hair would fall out. The bathroom was covered in my hair...it was horrible. My time in oz soon passed with my paranoia growing but I returned home just before Christmas. I visited a trichologist who told me that I had telogen effluvium (maybe caused by the stress of my break up or other stuff going on at the time). He noticed new hairs growing and confidently told me that my hair would recover. This was a confidence boost and over Christmas I got a haircut and was almost looking alright. However, now I’m just over 4 months in and my hair is feeling incredibly bedraggled and starting to look a bit moth eaten. it feels in really bad condition...when I wash it feels dead and dry but then the following day it gets greasy and sometimes I have an itchy scalp and a bit of dandruff. I have to wash it every other day whereas before I only did once or twice a week and it didn’t matter. The worst part however is my hairline. The receding seems like it got worse to the point where it’s getting hard to have the haircut I’ve pretty much had my whole life. Over the past 4 months my confidence and self esteem has dwindled so dramatically, I don’t feel like I’m the same person I was. The shedding has slowed quite a bit from its height but I’m worried that permanent damage has been done. I just can’t get my head around how quickly things can go to shit really. 5 months ago I was confident, my hair was looking good and I was feeling better about it then I had in years. ……………………………………………………………………………………… Just an update…I wrote this over a month ago since then I saw a dermatologist about my itchy scalp and she diagnosed that I had Seborrhoeic Dermatitis coupled with my Telogen Effluvium..lucky me. Although as I write the shedding, over the last couple of days seems to have lessened…the week prior to this I went through another really heavy bout of shedding which is really frustrating. To combat the dermatitis I was told to use Nizoral so maybe the change in shampoo had something to do with it. The condition of my hair has improved slightly…it’s starting to look a bit healthy again when I wash it and it’s not so greasy (apart from when it is shedding allot). I am hoping that as I am now in the 6th month the end is in sight and the hairs that started growing at the start of this will soon get long enough thicken my hair a bit. I’m just so bored of this bizarre situation and really can’t be arsed to think about this anymore. My personal life if looking up so fingers crossed. It would be cool if anyone reads this and has any of the same symptoms as me could let me know as it’d be good to know if it’s normal?! Cheers Editor Comments Hello there, Very interesting story indeed! And yup i can definitely say it looks like Telogen Effluvium and Seborrheic Dermatitis. Stress from work, including long hours of work, or a change in your biological clock, pollution (smoke in the pub), lack of sleep and just pure pressure will lead to these conditions. Seriously, there is no way you can possible avoid been overstressed during some parts in your life and if you are not used to it, your body can give you a very good indication that it’s more than it can handle. Sudden hair loss, oily scalp and dandruff are all caused by an imbalanced body that is unable to operate normally. This will lead to excessive sebum production which may lead to oily scalp and eventually causes bacterial boom leading to dandruff. Hairs that suddenly lose their supply of oxygen and nutrients will eventually be forced into the resting phase and that is one of the signs that your body cannot cope with the stress. Thus the hair will shut down and eventually fall off after 3 months and that is Telogen Effluvium. Anyway, congratulations on your recovery and I am pretty certain that your hair will return to normal if you follow the derma’s advice. It’s always important to know what condition you are facing and know how to treat it. Follow the right treatments and steps and you will be there! See you!
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