Lost half my hair in 3 months. Diffuse loss.

[Woodyy]

Hi guys, to keep it short:

- December 2012: noticed slight temple thinning, didnt worry me a bit, hairline moved back at the temples maybe half a centimetre, nothing really noticeable changed until:

- February 2013: Suddenly, one morning, I had a shower got out and combed my hair and must've lost 50 hairs in my comb, looked into the shower drain and there were dozens more. I never noticed losing more that 5 hairs a day before this point, even literally THE DAY BEFORE I was losing no more hair than normal, it's like someone turned on a hairloss switch.

- at the time I didn't know that loss from the sides of the head as well as on top likely isn't male pattern baldness, I bought some propecia and since it has regrown my hairline but hasn't helped with the diffuse loss

- This has led me to believe the initial temple loss was male pattern baldness, whatever happened from feb onwards isn't.

Another thing that may be relevant is that I have a very red scalp and my hair gets very oily, I couldn't get away with not showering every morning. My scalp doesn't itch much, maybe a bit.

I'm at my wits end with this. I'm only 20, no one loses any hair in my family until their double my age, I HATE not knowing what's causing it, I'm gonna try and visit a derm when my university exams are over but I don't have the time, until then I was wondering if anyone has any ideas?

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Added a picture, it doesn't really do the thinning justice, my hairline looks fine to me but its just so thin all over.

Opinions?

 

[dcssalman]

i think you should use mustard oil as much as you can it will make your hair healthy stronger and shiny and don't wear caps alot

 

[Woodyy]

i think you should use mustard oil as much as you can it will make your hair healthy stronger and shiny and don't wear caps alot

Hmm, thanks for the suggestion mate but I doubt there's any scientific basis to mustard oil helping my hair and I haven't worn a cap in years.

 

[jiminy465]

Could be stress, I would also just go to a doctor make sure your not sick, have some tests.

 

[Woodyy]

Could be stress, I would also just go to a doctor make sure your not sick, have some tests.

First thing I'm gonna do after exams, it's weird because before my hairloss started I think I was in the happiest stage of my life, definitely not stressed in the slightest, so I'm thinking maybe it's some underlying hormonal problem/thyroid etc..

Any more opinions?

 

[devilhunter]

I have to be honest to you, this kind of hair lass has nothing to do with stress, I have a very similar hair loss ( diffuse pattern) and believe it or not, Im the only balding member in the entire family.... Im sure that I inherited the gene directly from my mom as all my uncles have hair (mother side and father side too!) but my mom lost/is losing hair in a diffuse pattern very similar to you and me, your only hope is to take finasteride (propecia) and minixodil, I do really wish good results to your hair.