Help about my hair, is it falling out?

[Deleted member 19457]

I started taking iron pills and after a few days I got diarrhea and my stomach hurts. It's been like this for 3 4 days. When I woke up this morning, there were 5 or 6 hairs on my pillow. I just went to the bathroom and my hair is falling out a lot. Is it about the iron pill or because I've been sick for 3 or 4 days? There is no genetic hair loss in the family, but I have been experiencing stress and anxiety for at least a year. It may have an effect. Is my hair normal?

 

[Deleted member 13626]

Could be tellogen efluvium, i had it too , after i was very sick, then 1 year later i got covid and i had it again. Just minimize stress, eat healthy and wait. If it persists after 6 months then it could be thinning. My hair was unhealthy and temples were thin during that period where i had tellogen efluvium and i had itchy scalp, either too dry or too greasy hair and dandruff. Now 6 months after i got covid, my hair is healther, temples are no longer thin, temple regrowth

 

[BucketCrab]

5-6 hairs isn't much, a healthy mane can lose up to 50-100 hairs a day.
If you notice excessive shedding in the shower, when you comb, when you touch your hair, etc. you are experiencing hair loss, and it can definitely be connected to stress and anxiety. Psychologically induced hair loss usually starts around 3-6 months after the stressful period began/occurred, so the timing checks out.

I doubt the iron pills are the culprit, if anything they should help with hair loss. But even if they didn't help, they definitely can't make you develop immediate aggressive hair loss out of nowhere. Same applies to diarrhea or generic sickness. Key-word here is GENERIC: certain diseases can definitely induce rapid hair loss, but I'm no expert on the subject.

That being said: your hairline looks a bit receded on the temples, but otherwise very thick and healthy. If you are

• at least in your mid-twenties
• without history of genetic hair loss in both your grandparents
• haven't noticed major changes in your hair during or right after puberty
• have always had that hairline shape, or have had it for years without any changes

I wouldn't worry. Otherwise, you'd better get it checked and start therapy as it could be an initial form of male pattern baldness.

 

[Deleted member 19457]

5-6 hairs isn't much, a healthy mane can lose up to 50-100 hairs a day.
If you notice excessive shedding in the shower, when you comb, when you touch your hair, etc. you are experiencing hair loss, and it can definitely be connected to stress and anxiety. Psychologically induced hair loss usually starts around 3-6 months after the stressful period began/occurred, so the timing checks out.

I doubt the iron pills are the culprit, if anything they should help with hair loss. But even if they didn't help, they definitely can't make you develop immediate aggressive hair loss out of nowhere. Same applies to diarrhea or generic sickness. Key-word here is GENERIC: certain diseases can definitely induce rapid hair loss, but I'm no expert on the subject.

That being said: your hairline looks a bit receded on the temples, but otherwise very thick and healthy. If you are

• at least in your mid-twenties
• without history of genetic hair loss in both your grandparents
• haven't noticed major changes in your hair during or right after puberty
• have always had that hairline shape, or have had it for years without any changes

I wouldn't worry. Otherwise, you'd better get it checked and start therapy as it could be an initial form of male pattern baldness.

Thank you

 

[Deleted member 2130]

Judging by the quality of your hair you are predisposed to balding
I could be wrong though

 

[Deleted member 19457]

Judging by the quality of your hair you are predisposed to balding
I could be wrong though

How can I improve the quality of my hair?

 

[Deleted member 2130]

How can I improve the quality of my hair?

You can't
You can prevent hair loss

 

[kingOfCrash]

Why are you taking iron pills? Iron pills are for women.

 

[Deleted member 20565]

fucking retards thinking its mpb when they see 1 hair fall out. ITS NORMAL FOR <100 HAIRS TO FALL OUT DAILY. READ ABOUT HAIR LIFE CYCLE. despite this youre like norwood 2 at 16 year old its over

 

[Deleted member 6764]

get a hair transplant

 

[Koroshiya]

your hairline is maturing/the corners are receding. fin is supposed to stop this