Hair coming out easily when running my fingers through my hair

[k9gatton]

100 strands are perfectly normal. That's nothing to get worried about. But, if you really
are feeling bad about it, I think you owe it to yourself to go to a dermatologist and get it checked
out.It's normal to have between 10 - 15% of our hair in the resting phase. This is true for men who
aren't going bald, and females as well

[lexer]

You are experiencing anxiety. You see a few hairs in your hand then you start pulling other hairs and often times weaking the roots so others fall out as well. Thats a bad habit to get into.

[SLOWlylosinghair]

I went to the derm today. she said I prob have an early onset of MPB, I got a prescription of ketoconazole 2% and she suggests i use rogaine once a day. I have a follow up appointment in 3 months where I can consider whether to get a prescription for finesteride. so yeah.. I dont know what to do because i've heard bad things about ketoconazole and both rogaine. maybe I should have just added finesteride instead of waiting 3 months.

[pkipling]

I went to the derm today. she said I prob have an early onset of MPB, I got a prescription of ketoconazole 2% and she suggests i use rogaine once a day. I have a follow up appointment in 3 months where I can consider whether to get a prescription for finesteride. so yeah.. I dont know what to do because i've heard bad things about ketoconazole and both rogaine. maybe I should have just added finesteride instead of waiting 3 months.

While I'm sure this isn't what you wanted to hear, just being equipped with answers and some sort of explanation is one of the biggest parts of the battle. Now that you know what you're dealing with, you can start to let the reality of that sink in and then take action on how to handle it moving forward. The medications and a 3 month followup are an excellent step in the right direction.

You're in good company on this forum in terms of guys who have experienced this, and I know how stressful all of this can be. When I first started noticing that I was losing my hair, my anxiety skyrocketed and it became an obsession. A lot of that anxiety stems from this feeling of not having control, so the more you take action and research what options you have at your disposal, a lot of that anxiety will naturally start to dissipate.

Hopefully you respond well to the treatment and you find that this is all very manageable.

I am a patient advocate for Dr. Parsa Mohebi in Los Angeles, CA. My opinions/comments are my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Dr. Mohebi and his staff.

[Gautam4902]

I went to the derm today. she said I prob have an early onset of MPB, I got a prescription of ketoconazole 2% and she suggests i use rogaine once a day. I have a follow up appointment in 3 months where I can consider whether to get a prescription for finesteride. so yeah.. I dont know what to do because i've heard bad things about ketoconazole and both rogaine. maybe I should have just added finesteride instead of waiting 3 months.

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[Anxious98]

You are experiencing anxiety. You see a few hairs in your hand then you start pulling other hairs and often times weaking the roots so others fall out as well. Thats a bad habit to get into.

I'm not really pulling them, just running my fingers through my hair without using any force. I just counted that I can easily "pull" off 50 strands in a couple of minutes. And I stopped at 50. But yeah, my anxiety is skyrocketing at the moment.

[pkipling]

I'm not really pulling them, just running my fingers through my hair without using any force. I just counted that I can easily "pull" off 50 strands in a couple of minutes. And I stopped at 50. But yeah, my anxiety is skyrocketing at the moment.

Anxiety is a powerful thing, and like anything, the more you feed it, the stronger it gets. As someone who suffered from a full on anxiety disorder for over two decades of my life, and having been in "recovery" for the past 6 years or so, I assure you that freedom from it is possible. Look into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and see if there's anywhere close to you that can facilitate this sort of therapy for you. It's mindbogglingly fast and effective. At the root of it, once you accept that "thoughts are just thoughts" and have no real power in your life, then you'll then be able to open yourself up to all the other stuff that lies underneath those thoughts - and that's where the anxiety gets (and loses) it's power, depending on how you choose to respond to it.

I am a patient advocate for Dr. Parsa Mohebi in Los Angeles, CA. My opinions/comments are my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Dr. Mohebi and his staff.