Shedding.. Is this normal or too much

[strawbewie]

Hey, I have been wearing cornrows for about 3 weeks with my wig. My hair feels full and soft but is this too much shedding?

This is what I got after taking them down and using my hands to remove shed hairs:





Then I washed, 2-step, DC with AE, detangled in shower







Regimen:

I co-wash once a week, DC and co-wash weekends. Black tea rinses weekly, this week did black tea and horsetail. Normally, I use shampoo once a month. I use AE garlic conditioner weekly, garlic oil treatment, taking various vitamins. I moisturize my cornrows twice a day with chicoro mix. I use sulfur oil mix every other day and MN/mega-tek mix on the other days.

 

[EnExitStageLeft]

After three weeks my shed hair would double that and then some. I'm exaggerating a bit but you get my drift ....so I'm going to say no lol

 

[strawbewie]

After three weeks my shed hair would double that and then some. I'm exaggerating a bit but you get my drift ....so I'm going to say no lol

Thanks for your response.. I mostly wash my hair in cornrows so I don't know what regular/normal shedding should look like or when to be concerned.

 

[lamaria211]

Looks pretty average to me

 

[EnExitStageLeft]

Thanks for your response.. I mostly wash my hair in cornrows so I don't know what regular/normal shedding should look like or when to be concerned.

I understand. I look at it this way, the normal person can lose 50 to 150 shed hairs a day, times that by 21 (3 weeks) and thats 1050 to 3150 shed hairs. Considering that I think you came out pretty well.

 

[havilland]

That's normal. That's about what I get in two weeks when i am hiding my hair under a wig.

 

[SimJam]

looks about normal.

I dont shed a lot, I get a wad about the size of a dime every week

 

[JustGROWwithIt]

Looks fine to me. I get about that much after wearing corn rows for 2 weeks!

 

[strawbewie]

I also posted this in the MN thread but this what I got this week.. After a 3 week sew-in... I'm worried

 

[Froreal3]

strawbewie Now that I'm seeing last month's shedding, it looks to be about normal for you. I wouldn't worry. Do you still do blk tea rinses?

 

[strawbewie]

Thank you Froreal3 4 being helpful. I have not done the tea rinses or garlic treatment the last three weeks... I didn't think about that... I will do tea rinse today