My Hair Went Gray During Childhood and I Lose Hundreds of Hairs Daily

Hi,

I’m a 22 year old male, for the last 6-7 years I have been losing a lot of hair per day. For example, when I go in the bath it’s absolutely filled with hair 400-600+ strands when I get out, same in the bed every morning. It’s much more than the “50-150” people estimate as normal loss.

I’ve always had a receded hairline but overall it doesn’t look any thinner or more receded than it did when I was a child (even pictures when I was 6-7 it looks the same as it does now). My hair started greying when I was 12 and I’ve been dying it every few months for the last 9 years.

Once hair loss speeds up to a rate I’ve been experiencing is it likely to ever slow down again, either naturally by itself or any medication? It’s rather embarrassing staying over at somebodies house and waking up with their bed covered in my hair. I’ve been to a dermatologist twice, the only advice they offered was to stop dying my hair for a year (which I did and it made no difference) and that they wouldn’t recommend I take propecia. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

I can’t give you any advice, because I do not know what is going on with your hair loss. You need a good physical examination and a diagnosis. Miniaturization studies and bulk measurements at different areas around your scalp may shed some light.

You’ve already been under the treatment of a physician, so I’m not sure what I could offer. Why wouldn’t your doctor recommend Propecia? If you’re a young man with hair loss, Propecia might be your best shot. With respect to greying, I do not believe it has any association with hair loss.

You can not lose 400-600 hairs per day without becoming bald quickly. Just do the math. The average man has 100,000 hairs on the scalp… so that means that you would lose every hair on your head in 167 days if you have an average hair density.