as a victim of hair loss for nearly half my life now, i've noted a few things over the years. not sure if its all in my head or there's really something more behind it :dunno:
i live in a hard water area in the UK and would always have shedloads of hair come out in the shower, especially with shampoo
once when in africa, i found that there was absolutely no hair loss in the shower for my entire trip! miracle cure (or so i thought!!!) although when i returned to the area a few years later i didnt have the same experience (different water supply or fluke?)
i have also noticed that a considerably high number of asian people in the UK are bald. many are NW7. i went to an indian function in london and there were LOADS of shiny heads. i stood at the back and counted about 60-70% of adult males were NW4+
but on a trip to india i was shocked at how many men still hadnt experienced ANY hair loss even upto their 50s, and those that had were at a much earlier stage. a very small proportion of them out there had anything close to NW7
the men in my family in india have more hair than those in the UK or africa - although the sample size is nowhere near big enough to make any sort of conclusion
and the final one, during a particularly frustrating period of hair loss when i'd be losing it at a tremendous rate, i found some temporary respite when i stayed at a hotel with big soft fluffy pillows. virtually no loss at night for days on end! and as soon as i checked out and came home it started to fall out like crazy again. i havent had a chance to follow it up cos shortly after i buzzed my head and that controls pillow loss anyway
i know its not exactly backed up with scientific data and stats but there were very noticable trends
does this sound familiar to anyone else? i figured if there's any truth in any of it than you guys would have clocked it by now!
i live in a hard water area in the UK and would always have shedloads of hair come out in the shower, especially with shampoo
once when in africa, i found that there was absolutely no hair loss in the shower for my entire trip! miracle cure (or so i thought!!!) although when i returned to the area a few years later i didnt have the same experience (different water supply or fluke?)
i have also noticed that a considerably high number of asian people in the UK are bald. many are NW7. i went to an indian function in london and there were LOADS of shiny heads. i stood at the back and counted about 60-70% of adult males were NW4+
but on a trip to india i was shocked at how many men still hadnt experienced ANY hair loss even upto their 50s, and those that had were at a much earlier stage. a very small proportion of them out there had anything close to NW7
the men in my family in india have more hair than those in the UK or africa - although the sample size is nowhere near big enough to make any sort of conclusion
and the final one, during a particularly frustrating period of hair loss when i'd be losing it at a tremendous rate, i found some temporary respite when i stayed at a hotel with big soft fluffy pillows. virtually no loss at night for days on end! and as soon as i checked out and came home it started to fall out like crazy again. i havent had a chance to follow it up cos shortly after i buzzed my head and that controls pillow loss anyway
i know its not exactly backed up with scientific data and stats but there were very noticable trends
does this sound familiar to anyone else? i figured if there's any truth in any of it than you guys would have clocked it by now!
