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Originally Posted by lovemichelle
I know it's normal, but for me losing this much has never happened.
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I've been going through the same thing. I've been finding hairs on my pillow in the morning, and I've never experienced that before. In the shower, I stick all the loose hairs to the wall so they don't clog the drain, and in the past month, there has been twice as much hair stuck to the wall when I am done with my shower.
Then I came across an article in the November issue of SELF magazine...
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A condition called telogen effluvium can occur when hormones fluctuate (after childbirth, starting or stopping the pill or because of a thyroid condition) or after emotional or physical trauma such as a loved one's death or surgery. This condition causes more follicles than usual (from all over your head) to enter the resting phase of the growth cycle. One to six months later, those follicles produce new hairs that push out the old ones, so shedding suddenly occurs.
Other triggers include iron deficiency and crash dieting. Doctors don't know how many women suffer, but the condition is common, especially after childbirth. To self-diagnose, dug on a few sections of hair. If you pull out more than five at onces, telogen effluvium is probably to blame."
The article then went on to say that all you have to do is be patient. I thought about it and realized that I went off my birth control a month or so ago, and I just went through a very stressful move from SC to VA and have had a hell of a time trying to sell my house in SC.
The article in SELF mentions some other types of hair loss, so if that description doesn't sound like you, it wouldn't hurt to grab an the November issue and read up.