Please read this thread (lots of pictures)

[baldat18]

I posted a thread a while back explaining my situation. This is a paste of that thread and my current situation and pics are at the bottom.

Hi guys,

For the past 4-5 months I have had a s***load of shedding every single day. I mean, I run my fingers through my hair and I can see strands on them and if I just lightly stroke my hair I can see strands falling. I wake up and see 5/6 strands on my pillow, I take a shower and lose at least 40 strands of hair. Putting gel on I can see 5/6 strands on my hands. It's really unbearable.

I had VERY thick hair throughout my childhood, so much so that I couldn't sport some styles. That's all gone now and I'm really worried because my hair is my best feature so you can imagine how I'd look without it.

Here are the pictures...

http://img830.imageshack.us/i/201104301511321.jpg/
http://img545.imageshack.us/i/20110430151115.jpg/
http://img15.imageshack.us/i/20110430151154.jpg/
http://img823.imageshack.us/i/20110430151047.jpg/
http://img846.imageshack.us/i/20110430150736.jpg/
http://img855.imageshack.us/i/20110430150811.jpg/
http://img822.imageshack.us/i/20110430151010.jpg/
http://img534.imageshack.us/i/20110430150934.jpg/
http://img834.imageshack.us/i/20110430150857.jpg/

The hair is a lot finer than it was before and as you can see from the sides people can clearly see my scalp.

Please help.

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Firstly I'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone who replied to that thread - you guys were probably the reason I managed to avoid a lot of stress and pass my exams and gain entry to college.

Now, I shaved my hair more than a month ago to see if it would get better and in the pictures below you can see how much they've grown (pics taken 5 mins ago). As soon as I shaved my head I went to the doctor and she said that she could see little bald spots on the sides and in the back and that this was alcopecia areata but she couldn't answer any questions on my I was shedding SO many hair and the thinning so she referred me to a hair specialist who I'm going to see near the middle of August. She said they'd give me a little tube which should cure the bald spots but when I asked her about the shedding she didn't know anything.

So I just wanted to ask you guys how my hair is looking now. I'm shedding even more hair now and I really am not sure if my hairline has gotten worse or not so I'm hoping you guys could help me with that. Also I put almond oil before those pictures so it's a little better when my hair is dry but still as you can see it's not looking good. Could this really be mpb? I'm having to work 2 job a to save up money for college and literally can't even afford a pint right now let alone £30 a month for Propecia...

Hairline:
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/5002/phuppimagecu.jpg
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/5002/phuppimagecu.jpg
http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/8132/phuppimageub.jpg
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/8149/phuppimagetr.jpg
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1026/phuppimagefx.jpg
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/8769/phuppimagexr.jpg
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9791/phuppimagewh.jpg

Sides:
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9791/phuppimagewh.jpg
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/6905/phuppimagegn.jpg

Crown:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6642/phuppimageju.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7388/phuppimageq.jpg

Opinions?

 

[Pacman]

Nothing at all wrong with your hair your stressing and obsessing over nothing.

You will look back on these pictures in many years to come and marvel at how good your hair looked.

A word of advice.. the stress you are forcing on yourself will in time show on your hair and you will convince yourself you were right to worry.

Put your dillusions to the back of your mind and you will retain your hair a lot longer than you will with your current state of mind.

 

[drewbie]

Respectfully, your hair is fine. This is the second time you've now posted results on your hair and you'll get exactly the same response now - no matter how much you pull apart your hairs to make it look like you are thinning.

I think you need to learn about the anagen and telogen phases of hair growth to understand what is happening here. In essence, hair falls out for new hair to grow. This is normal and is not the same thing as MPB. It is perfectly normal to shed around 100 hairs daily. Don't worry, the average head has 100,000 hairs and those follicles will grow new hair soon enough.

You'll notice this especially when you shower, so do yourself a favour and stop counting how many hairs fall out. Seriously. Stressing over it will NOT help.

If you've ever lived with a woman and you see how much they shed hair (and how it clogs up the bloody plug hole!) you should be able to gather that losing hair in the shower is perfectly normal.

Seriously, stop obsessing over it, stop counting lost hairs and enjoy your youth while you still have it.

 

[lcsulla]

Pacman wrote:

Nothing at all wrong with your hair your stressing and obsessing over nothing.

You will look back on these pictures in many years to come and marvel at how good your hair looked.

A word of advice.. the stress you are forcing on yourself will in time show on your hair and you will convince yourself you were right to worry.

Put  your dillusions  to the back of your mind and you will retain your hair a lot longer than you will with your current state of mind.

Agreed. You have a ton of hair. And just because you have hair coming out when you run your fingers through doesn't mean anything. My grandmother used to shed more then a wet German Shepard and she had more hair then everyone in the family.

Like I said in another thread: there are people on this board that would slaughter small animals to have your hair.

 

[bullitnut]

I agree your hair looks fabulous dude....get on with your life and enjoy yourself....your only young and shouldn't be stressing about this when its not even a problem mate.

kind regards bullit