Poor Guy

as some of you may know im trying to grow my hair. now ive noticed as its grown hair keeps coming out! ive just washed my haired and combed it through and about 20 - 25 long strands of hair was pulled out. is this normal or too much ??? help please!

fast bloke

you'll be bald as a coot in about 5 years at that rate. What age are you?

Poor Guy

18

Poor Guy

once a hair comes out does another grow? or is it one hair per hair hole/ folical thingy.

fast bloke

18 -

look on the bright side - it s a sign of high testosterone levels.

fast bloke

you think it is like sharks teeth??????

one hair per follicle - once it falls out the follicle dies (apparently taking the pill stops this happenin in 'younger' people )

CC

yes

GaryCat

The follicle doesn't die after the hair falls out, it just produces less frequent and weaker-rooted hair in balding men, eventually stopping altogther.

The only sure way to prevent it is to be castrated.

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Just get your hair cut short (a number 2 is normally good ) so it doesnt look silly (Bobby Charlton comes to mind here )

Tony

Bubba po

You're probably ok, poor guy. Hairs come out naturally all your life. This is why there is a finite length to anyone's hair even if they never cut it at all. I think the follicle sheds the hair every so often and starts to grow a new one. You're just noticing the hairs more because they're longer.

Poor Guy

ah ****e! i might be related to Bobby Charlton. my grandad was bald at 22 and my dad at 40.

Loost

get use ta it .....

Harry_Boy

'Fraid it's hereditary mate... And it often skips a generation, so you'll be aiming for a Yul Brynner at 22 rather than 40....

Chip

Not much hope for you then is there

Chip.

gsm1

I bet Poor Guy wishes he never asked.

Hair falls out naturally and grows back, it's not a big deal.

NotoriousREV

My Dad was bald at 21, I've hung on to most of mine and I'm 30, but the widows peak is becoming more and more obvious

Heredity sucks.

16vmarc

It has cycles of growing and dieing.

Kellicious

It is perfectly normal to lose up to 100 hairs a day. Anything more than that, and you are possibly looking at a hereditary hair loss problem, which as far as I know, there is nothing you can do about it. I lose a lot of hair, which I started to get very worried about. I could dredge out handfuls from the bottom of the bath, but I think it looked worse than it was because it's so long. Of course, another reason for the hair loss could be malnutrition. If you're that worried about it, go and see a doctor. They'll soon tell you what the problem is.

chaos.

sounds like you could be.

shave it all off dude.

Tentenths

Think I'm right in saying hereditary hair loss always follows the maternal line?

Kellicious

Not as far as I am aware, but I could be wrong.

logiclee

I had a problem in my late teens and early twenties with hair coming out when brushing and combing.

Had my hair cut short, grade 2 back and sides, grade 3 on top.

I'm now 35 and apart from a slightly higher forehead my hair is still all there.

Best get the shears out if you ask me.

Lee

CooperS

I lost mine at 18, shaved it all off, no sense in trying to hide it! Women love stroking my head hahaha quality!

106rallye

hereditary hair loss follows both the paternal and maternal line and is a reaction to a chemical called DHT in the body. If you are losing lots of hair i.e. alot more than 100 - 200 a day (there are over 100,000 hairs on an average head) then get down to the docs as it can be caused by other problems. Although losing this amount of hair is normal it is how it grows back that is the main cause of male pattern baldness. Also bear in mind that not many people retain a full head of hair throughout their life and you will notice any changes in your hair far more than anyone else!


Andy

THAWA

isn't baldness carreid on the the mothers side?

paulr

Poor guy.........

1.Its not a case of one follicle per hair.I have a really noticable grey hair at the front of my hairline and however many times i pull it out it always grows back.
2.Losing some strands is perfectly normal,dont worry about it.
3.You say you're dads bald,what about your mums brothers,if they are bald then it may not look too good for you.

106rallye

In male pattern baldness DHT binds itself to the hair folicle causing the new hairs to grow with less density and lengh before falling out again. Losing hair everyday is fine as long as the hair growing back is not affected by DHT. The more of your direct family - (dad, uncles, brothers, grandads) that are bald, balding the more chance you will inherit it NOT just on your maternal side

Don't worry about it too much - not as many people are bothered by hair loss as you may think


Andy

paulr

Most of the comments you'll get are from other blokes,not women.

wez_sti

i'm only 23 and mines thining big time. really depressing. huge dent for confidence. mates joke about it sometimes but dont realise how paranoid i actually am about it!

makes me look older aswell. so annoying. but nothing i can do about it as far as i'm aware

106rallye

yeah and remember there is no cure whatever you may read in the back of mags etc, that is just people making money from peoples insecurities.

Propicia and rogane are the only approved products for hair loss and all they do in most cases is slow down the hair loss

if it gets bad shave it off - simple as that!!

Andy