I'm a 22 year old female and my hair is falling out! There is no history of early baldness in my family, and everything else seems normal. I think normally, 50-100 hairs should be falling out, but around 250-300 hairs have been falling out in a day. There are no bald spots, the hairs are coming out equally. I went to the doctor, but she said to take a multi-vitamin and exercise daily, which is good advice, but nothing I did not know already. Anyone know anything specific about this problem, please help!

Xposebmw

I am 21 and I am 110 pounds and I am dramatically losing my hair, I eat lots of protien and take vitmams and work out three times a week, I already have very little hair and it is falling out from the very root. The clear tip even comes out with it. I cry so much I dont know what it is and what I can do. Someone help!

jgj6331

Is it falling out in clumps / spotty areas - are is it falling out all over? Does it affect your eyebrows and eyelashes? If it is spotty, you may what doctors call alopecia areata - not exactly a specific disease but a term describing hair falling out in localized areas (ie., 'areata'). If the process is spread all over and affecting the eyelashes and eyebrows - it is call alopecia totalis. There are many causes which can include vitamin difficiences, certain medications, certain methods of hair processing (perms, weaves, etc.), hormonal abnormalities and even some diseases like lupus. Many times the cause can't be determined and it may be related to some type of an auto-immune process affecting the hair. Stress may play a role. Make sure you are not pulling it out yourself - known as Trichotillomania. Ask a friend, family member, co-worker to watch you to see if you are - often people are unaware they are doing it. These cases represent a nervous condition and may respond to a therapist and medication. I recommend you get an appointment with a dermatologist ASAP to begin a workup on your hair loss. The sooner you seek treatment - the less hair you will have lost and likely it will respond to treatment more rapidly. Good luck

tex

I have had the very same thing happen to me! Very scary! I went on rogaine for women and it stopped falling out within about a month. I am no down from about 200 hairs a day to just about 30 (I can count them now). My hair has been very long all my life and it was quite devastating. I understand.

jgunther

My suggestion is to go off of any new medications your using if any, your 22 so you should know what allergies you have. If your doing some type of partying stop. It seems like you never had this problem. Pay attention to what you have been doing differently in the past year. Ultimately nobody can really help unless if you go through a long list of doctors start putting the puzzle together by taking different things out of your life, and trying different methods suggested.

fed up

I know of a young girl that had the same problem. She was diagnosed with Poly cystic ovarian syndrome when she was trying to conceive. I think her hair was falling out because of a hormone inbalance. She has since had a child and is expecting her second child within the month. I haven't heard her complaining about hair lose in a while.

dalzells

hi
Can i just say i thought the answer from Qand A was brilliant. how can i find out more?

blu2377

I am also a relatively young woman who is having a problem with prematurely thinning hair. I don't know what to do, I am at the end of my rope. I have just turned 30 years old and I noticed the "see-through" hair at the top my head around the beginning of the year. It seems to have happened rather quickly, I mean I've been progressively getting thinner since 25 but at a normal rate. When I noticed back in February that you could see through to my scalp and since then, it seems to have happened overnight (falling out that is). I always had great thick hair, my pride, and I'm too young for this to be happening. I already know that I have a high free testosterone level because around the age of 25 I went to an endrocrinologist to find out about my hirsutism. I thought I may have PCOS, I knew something was wrong because of hair growth where it shouldn't be, but I never followed through with the matter. But, I did have lab work done and I was told that I had high testosterone at the time, and that I may even have problems with male pattern baldness. Back then I didn't have that problem, but now I do, and I am going crazy. I have finally made an appointment with a doctor to check my hormones again, but does anybody have any suggestions in the meantime to help me out? I recently purchased some nioxin shampoo, conditioner and scalp treatment to see if that will help. Does anybody have any experience with it and does it work? I really feel isolated and upset about this manner, I love my hair and I don't know what to do!

Xrayman

A naturopath may be able to help with a hair mineral analysis/blood analysis check. there may be a heavy metal component that is causing you problems.

natureday

My hair is falling out also. And after searching on the internet I do know why.
It is because I am iron deficient.
Try giving blood, and if they tell you your blood is not good enough then you will know the cause too.

natureday

Hello you guys.
I finally found out what to do!!! I am so excited and happy I found out how to keep my hari from falling out.
I am a 31 year old female and the reason why my hair stays in now is because I listen to Abraham Hicks.
No joke.
Go to youtube and listen to her.
It will change your vibration enough and your hari will stay in.
You have to think constantly for the first few day- I love my hair and I appreciate how it stays in, I love how healthy it is, etc.

Write me an email if you are still having problems, seriously it works!!!