Hello out there cyber friends. I need help, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. I am starting to freak out, and I don't do that very often. I am normally a pretty level headed person. Though if this continues I am going to be a balled headed person. We don't want that because I won't be a very pretty balled headed girl. EW
This is what is happening. I have been on my HRT since March, (six months now.) Since that time I believe I have noticed my hair coming out more regularly, in higher quantities than it should. I feel like I am loosing much more than the average person does. I have noticed a decrease in the quantity of hair on my scalp.
I want to make it clear that my hair is not necessarily brittle and breaking off. It is actually coming out of my scalp with hair follicle and all. I can see the white hair follicle on my individual hairs that come out. I also think the follicles are much smaller than they should be.
How my scalp feels:My scalp has been tender on and off for weeks now. I thought I was just getting too much sun. Though I am not in the sun very much - One, because I hate the sun - Two, because I am actually allergic to the sun. (It make me sick when I am in it longer than several hours a day.) - (Yes I wear sun screen. I burn way too easy to not, wear it.) My scalp has also been getting small amount of scaly things on it too. They are like scabs but not bloody. It is more like small areas of built up skin. My head has been itchy on occasion. (No, the itchiness has not been making me scratch excessively.)
I will explain how I treat my hair daily:I work as a merchandiser and I am naturally very active. My hair is just under shoulder length. I keep it tied up in a loop. I don't make it super tight or anything like that. just loose enough to keep it from coming undone. Sometimes I will have to undo it, shake it out and put it back up. When I come home I let it down and put a head band on in order to keep it out of my face, or I will use a clam clip to keep my hair off my shoulders.
I wash my hair ever two or three days, and I condition the lower half of my hair every other two or three days. in between I rinse my hair while I'm in the shower with no additives.
I do not blow-dry my hair, or aggressively dry it with a towel. I squeeze it dry, pat it, and let it air dry, and try to not comb, or brush it while it is wet.
I do not often braid it for bed. I usually push it to the side, or behind my head while I sleep.
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I am not sure why I am having problems with my hair. My hair is very important to me, if you can't tell already. I try to take very good care of it. I don't heat treat it, or abuse it in any fashion. It looks beautiful in its natural form, and I get comments on it all the time.
Before HRT I never had problems with my hair.
Any kind of answers are greatly appreciated.
