Seasonal Hair loss is REAL - who else has it?

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  • NJhair
    Member
    • Feb 2012
    • 44

    Seasonal Hair loss is REAL - who else has it?

    I'm so sick of not having any type of answers to SEASONAL HAIR LOSS.

    It exists. It's real. And it happens to many people.

    Every FALL, for the past 3 years, my hair SHEDS a ridiculous amount up until almost March. I go borderline BALD. It's horrible. But by the summer time - the hair begins to grow back.

    I've googled it and read plenty of others, especially women, experiencing similar seasonal hair loss periods.

    It's not MPB, it's something wrong internally but I have no answers. I went to these stupid hair specialists and they claim they've never heard of 'seasonal hair loss'. Neither have dermatologists or my primary care physician.


    I'm posting this in hopes that someone else can add to, relate to or even provide a cause or solution for losing almost 70% of my hair during a specific few months of the year, then growing some of it back.

    My bathroom drain gets clogged in hair lately. My hands are covered in hair after running them through my head. Who else experiences this???
  • BigThinker
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2012
    • 1507

    #2
    I think it's pretty reasonable. I also think guys going through MPB have big sheds, stabilizations, big sheds (cyclic).

    My question I've had for a while is: For men who are experiencing MPB, do you have big seasonal losses, get back a fair amount of your hair (but still thinner than the prior year, then again have seasonal hair loss (cyclic.) Or, is there no real circannual rythem to your hairloss?



    The reason I ask, is because if there is annual hair loss, hopefully it will taper off for the year, and I can start tapering fin ~6 months before the next rythem.

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    • Spex
      Dr Representative
      • Nov 2008
      • 4217

      #3
      Oh its real

      Seasonal shedding Shedding is something that guys (and girls) need to be well aware of so that when its your time and it occurs (often seasonally) that you do not panic and start organising your next HT in a desperate attempt to regain your lack of "density". Shedding unfortunately is part and parcel of the HT



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      • MrBlonde
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2012
        • 261

        #4
        How long do seasonal sheds last? I have been shedding for more than 3 months now and it only looks to be getting worse.

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        • Spex
          Dr Representative
          • Nov 2008
          • 4217

          #5
          They can last the duration of 3-4 months as hair is cycling.
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          • Breaking Bald
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2012
            • 598

            #6
            Was literally just about to make a topic asking about this, and whether you shed more during the winter months or summer months. Thanks for the info Spex! I was just massaging my scalp in the bath and about 30+ hairs fell out

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            • dex89
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2012
              • 808

              #7
              Originally posted by Breaking Bald
              Was literally just about to make a topic asking about this, and whether you shed more during the winter months or summer months. Thanks for the info Spex! I was just massaging my scalp in the bath and about 30+ hairs fell out
              yeah but my hairs mostly come out at the back of my head. Isn't that weird?

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              • Breaking Bald
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2012
                • 598

                #8
                Not sure if that is unusual or not, that's where I was shedding from when I massaged my scalp.

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                • dex89
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2012
                  • 808

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Breaking Bald
                  Not sure if that is unusual or not, that's where I was shedding from when I massaged my scalp.
                  I'm pretty sure that's normal because I shed a shit load at the back of my head when I shower but It's stick thick has ****. I don't it's possible to bald at the back of your head unless you have alopecia, right? lol

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                  • NJhair
                    Member
                    • Feb 2012
                    • 44

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Breaking Bald
                    Was literally just about to make a topic asking about this, and whether you shed more during the winter months or summer months. Thanks for the info Spex! I was just massaging my scalp in the bath and about 30+ hairs fell out
                    I, along with a few others I know, shed only during Fall/Winter months and I shed BADLY.

                    Spex has a good post but I believe there's more to it than just a natural shed.

                    For me, it started at about age 26 (I'm now 29) only during the Fall season. And it sheds so BADLY that by February, I practically have bald spots on the sides and back of my head and it's EXTREMELY thin overall. How is that supposed to be a natural shed?? And why doesn't it happen to more people?

                    Unfortunately, I don't have an answer.

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                    • BigThinker
                      Senior Member
                      • Oct 2012
                      • 1507

                      #11
                      Originally posted by NJhair
                      I, along with a few others I know, shed only during Fall/Winter months and I shed BADLY.

                      Spex has a good post but I believe there's more to it than just a natural shed.

                      For me, it started at about age 26 (I'm now 29) only during the Fall season. And it sheds so BADLY that by February, I practically have bald spots on the sides and back of my head and it's EXTREMELY thin overall. How is that supposed to be a natural shed?? And why doesn't it happen to more people?

                      Unfortunately, I don't have an answer.
                      How much of the hair you lose in fall do you get back

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