Another issue to deal with regarding shedding is have you changed your hairstyle to not allow the hair that is normally shed to fall out. When I started wearing braidouts, the hair that I would normally shed in a day was not actually falling out and hitting the ground so when I went to wash my hair, it seemed like a million hairs in the drain. So for that period, I REALLY thought I was losing a lot when it was actually quite normal for my hair.