Long Hair SOS!!!

Hello All,

Hi Deeps,

Oops and I forgot to mention,

Maybe you are taking too many vitamins?  Too much Vitamin A can cause hair loss (among other nasty problems like liver damage). 

Most of what you say (aside from the shedding) sounds normal.  Its normal for some hair types to tangle hours after you last brushed, mine certainly does.  Splits come naturally on hair that long if you don't take care of them.  A small trim every once in awhile would keep them in check, or if you don't want your hair trimmed, do a "dusting", also called "search and destroy", just trimming each individual hair above the split.  You can't let splits go or they climb the hair and you would eventually have to cut off more to get rid of them.

Jojoba also makes some hair types feel a little drier than some other oils do, such as coconut, but nonetheless they are still good for your hair.  I use jojoba and just don't trim it while I've got the jojoba in so I don't get confused about why its dry and overdo it.

Its normal to lose 100 hairs a day, so if you've been to your docs and nothing is wrong, maybe it is normal shedding (you will have to judge if it is starting to look thinner...if so, that is probably too much shedding....however, if you do any chemical treatments on it, like dyeing, perming, straightening, etc., those chemicals are going to cause more fallout than you would otherwise have had.


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Edited by Susan W - September 25 2006 at 7:20am

Welcome Deeps!

Sorry to hear about the excess hairloss, and that the doctor wasn't able to help.  Sometimes, excess hairloss is a symptom of an underlying medical problem, but if s/he wasn't able to pinpoint anything, what can you do?

Self-assessment (in addition to what you've already shared): How is your health?  Do you get regular cardiovascular exercise?  Do you have a healthy diet, including sufficient protein?  Do you supplement your diet with specialized herbs/minerals, such as silica, and biotin?  Do you smoke?  Do you drink excessively or take illicit drugs?  Do you smoke?  Do you get enough sleep?  Also, how do you style your hair?  Do you leave it loose always?  Or do you wear it up sometimes to protect it from the elements?

My fallout varies, and sometimes I can't pinpoint the cause, but at times I lose a hundred or more hairs in a single day, and with hair as long as mine, it makes quite a pile.  

If you make a ponytail at the nape of your neck, what is the circumference of it?  Might you be willing to share a picture of your hair, so we can see how thick it is?  It might not be as bad as you think.  It is normal for the diameter of a ponytail to vary a lot, person to person.

Also, try (I know it's hard) not to stress over it, because stress itself can cause hair loss.   Good luck!  I know you'll get it nailed!

Hai deepti

 

This is vivek. Im a guy with 32 inches of long hair. I too had the same problem last year . But the problem vanished on its own. If u can rule out dandruff, stress and if u r sure that u don’t take medicines then take it easy . May be it is a normal resting phase.

 

Don’t worry  now I have my long hair back with the same thickness and the same will happen for u.

 

All the best