Shedding??

[Lovelylocs]

What causes excessive shedding? How can you tell if you are shedding too much hair?

 

[Isis]

Here are a few things I'm aware of that can cause excessive shedding:

A major hormonal change where there is a drop in estrogen like post pregnancy or stopping birth-control pills

A lack of red blood cells to nourish the scalp, meaning iron supplements or eating foods high in iron is needed.

Certain medications

Stress

Stretching out a relaxer too long a period for one's hair.

I've learned that it's normal to shed up to 100 hairs per day.

 

[buffalosoldier]

Go to google.com and look up telegen effluvium

 

[calbear]

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.

 

[Lovelylocs]

I think that I may have stretched my relaxer out too much. Garlic should cure this right?

 

[starz]

bump

 

[KinksnCurlz]

Bump.