What can the ends of your shed hairs tell you?

[ericgerard]

Thanks 35yearsafter for the great info! I have to say that lately a much larger proportion of the hairs that I see lying around are of the case 3 type.. that is they are thinner at the tip and much thicker at the root. Finally, after 9 months on fin and a huge thinning of my hair in the past 2 months (due possibly to a crash diet), could this be an indication that new growth is occuring? One can only hope.

[35YrsAfter]

Thanks 35yearsafter for the great info! I have to say that lately a much larger proportion of the hairs that I see lying around are of the case 3 type.. that is they are thinner at the tip and much thicker at the root. Finally, after 9 months on fin and a huge thinning of my hair in the past 2 months (due possibly to a crash diet), could this be an indication that new growth is occuring? One can only hope.

Bariatric surgery could serve as an extreme model to illustrate the relationship between nutrition and hair loss. A diet may not have much of an impact on shedding but the following article may be useful for zeroing in on supplements recommended to bariatric surgery patients to help avoid hair loss.

[ericgerard]

bump. any other theories on this?