I shed hair like crazy!! Help?

Oh and Stylemama had a neat little recipe involving Tea Tree oil to help regrow new hair.  I think you can search the review but she basically mixed the TTO into her shampoo right before using it and let it sit for a bit.I havnt tried it yet but  really want to!

I have this exact same problem-my hair is so thick so its not too much of an issue but it does worry me!!! do any of you have children? i have always shed quite alot of hair then when i was pregnant i was told that i wouldnt shed much hair until after the baby was born then i would shed loads for a couple of months-my daughter is 2 in november and i am still losing huge amounts of hair everyday-mine also seems to get everywhere!!! loads in the drain after i shower, when i brush my hair, when i run my fingers through my hair etc! if anyone knows why/has asolution i would love to know! Sure my hair is thick now but i dont think it will be in a few years time at this rate! ;)

Yeah that colud be why?! I dunno......maybe someone else does! =/

I recently had the same problem, I was losing so much hair that it was starting to worry me.  I went and had quite a bit of hair cut off, started taking vitamins, and stopped using cheap shampoo (I swear, Herbal Essences makes my hair fall out like crazy!). I've noticed that I haven't been losing nearly as much hair since.

I don't brush my hair either during the day. Only right out of the shower

Oh, never knew that :SMy brush is pretty wide with the prongs.

melilala, I also have a similar problem. I lose TONS of hair. Fist fulls! It seems really bad and I have no idea why. I drink lots of water, take vitamins every day... I'm really healthy. But I lose so much hair I'm worried I'm going bald (I'm off Accutane now, and have been for 2 months, but I'm losing more hair now than I did while I was on it! Maybe I just forgot how much hair I used to shed...)

I have curly/wavy hair and while I was washing it last night (and watching a ton fall out) I came to a possible conclusion: A few years ago I started washing my hair only every other day or even less than that. I only comb through my curls right after washing it and that's it. No combing/brushing while it's dry or on the days I don't wash it. I was thinking, maybe since my hair doesn't really get a chance to shed daily, it just sticks in my hair and all comes out at once when I'm washing it? I actually had my thyroid tested about 3 years ago because I was freaking out so much about it, and it came back normal. Who knows, at least I'm not bald. :)

It's normal to shed about 50-100 hairs a day, even though that sounds excessive. I also lose a good deal of hair each day, especially in the shower (this sounds gross, but I put it on the shower wall until I'm done, then I wipe it all off and toss it out with a tissue.. keeps it from plugging up the drain). I have tons of ridiculously thick hair, so it was never noticeable until a few years ago when I suddenly was losing crazy amounts-- ending in half of my hair falling out, and all of it becoming thin and fragile. I'm not sure of the exact culprit, because that was right after I had been on (and then gone off of because it was so horrid) the Depo shot (switched from my normal bc pills), plus two medications that could have caused it. It took an entire year for it to grow back to a manageable length, until then I looked like I had a mullet while it was growing back (most of the hair around my face had fallen out). My best friend got me the Nioxin system of products (shampoo/conditioner/leave in treatment/deep treatment masques), and those really helped to restore my hair back to it's normal thickness. I still use them occasionally as I like the way they make my hair feel, and they smell nice; very minty. If you're worried about your hair, you could give that a try, they sell it at a lot of salons.

Try taking silica. I take it in gel form, it's amazing stuff. I had bad hair loss due to illness a few years ago, my hair was really thin and I had about 1/2 the volume of hair that I had before I got sick. I started taking 1 tablespoon of silica gel a day and within 2 weeks my hair had stopped falling out. It took about 6 months for my hair to get back to it's pre sickness volume. When I take silica gel my hair is healthy and grows faster. It's also great for finger nails and skin too.

Are you taking any medications?  Or changed medications?  That can really promote unexpected hair loss.   

My hair is VERY VERY thin already, and I am still losing hair every day. It honestly worries me, I dont take any meds, I wash it often, I brush it often, I dont wear it down, I refuse to wear it down because its just flat against my head. I dont know what to do anymore..Any special oils specifically for this?

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I lose crazy amounts of hair too. It is due to thyroid disfunction. You may want to check yours too because that may be the root of the problem. A couple of times in my life when I was really stressed my hair was falling out so much i started seeing my scalp. I used Rogaine for women for a month and it worked. No side effects. Now I still lose lots of hair but not as extreme. Also try using oil treatments for your hair - just experiment with almond, argan, coconut, palm oils. They are cheap if you get a no-brand one and one of them may work for you, in addition you will get shiny, healthier looking hair.

I loose a lot of hair too. It's very thin but it doesn't seem to get thinner but I'm not sure...

My hair's quite thin too, but I don't think it sheds . 

I shed hair like crazy too but it's due to hypothyroidism.  Not to freak you out, but you might want to consider telling your doctor to see if it's worth running some tests over.  I didn't realize it, but I had other physical symptoms aside from shedding hair that developed over the years that I had forgot about (dry skin, thin brittle nails, etc) that were signs of hypothyroidism that he noticed during physical examination.