Over the past (I’d say) 2 months, I’ve experienced sudden and extreme hair loss. Not just a bit of shedding.. I’m talking clumps coming out in the shower, in the hairbrush and even a fair few strands each time I touch my hair or remove a hair tie etc.
I dread washing it because I can feel all the hair stuck to my body, it’s just awful.
There are no bald patches, it seems to be shedding all over and if you look closely enough you can tell it is really thinning (although not hard to guess with the amount that is falling out!).
It isn’t just the hair loss though.. it’s the texture too. It’s like it happened overnight?! One minute I was able to style it and all was fine, the next it was falling out galore and it feels all wirey, incredibly dry and almost stuck together?!
I’ve only ever experienced the hair loss part once and that was post partum after my first child. My youngest is over 2 years old now so I’m definitely not putting this down to post partum.
I have never dyed my hair, always use hest protecter and only use the dyson airwrap to style. I don’t feel as though I use a crazy amount of heat or products.
Had bloods done a couple of months ago for a different reason, showed I was low on (but not dangerously low) folate & iron and I am now taking supplements for both.
Any ideas?! It’s making me panic and I’m so down about it…