r/TelogenEffluvium

Have a lot of volume coz I style my hair and have a lot of layers but it’s Been thinning a while, even tho ppl don’t notice it yet, I can feel it and see it before I style it. Started out with insanely thick hair (south asian) it was so heavy I had to get it thinned out. But past few years have had a lot of grief and family problems and school stress, from I was 15 til now (I’m 20) I lost so much. Have had TE several times and usually when I started taking hair vitamins it would stop.

I had TE now as well, pretty sure coz of deficiencies and rapid weight loss a couple months ago. But it made me notice my scalp a lot more and saw back at old photos, seems like I have a bald spot where my bangs are that has been growing over the years. Idk if it’s coz of the bangs givingme that parting but it’s freaking me out.

Don’t wanna start minoxidil but idk if it could be AGA and if I should spend like 1k flying out to a trichologist because apparently they literally don’t exist in my country so I saw a dermatologist who barely touched my scalp and told me to take minoxidil after 5 min of talking to me and then charged me 200$

I have a lot of the symptoms of high DHT like facial hair and greasy scalp and also my hair texture changing to frizziness but idk

Another thing, I tried to lighten my hair from black to brown. I dyed it like 3 times during 3 weeks and lost unusually more hair each time I dyed it. And a couple weeks after that I tried to use hydrogen peroxide, a lil on a cotton pad, and I put it just around my roots to lighten them and blowdryed it. But after that my scalp started hjrtingrlly bad and now whenever the wind blows at my bangs and they shift a bit it hurts soooo much. It makes me rlly sad coz I can rlly notice the scalp right where my bangs are and idk if it’s that or AGA or TE or anything but it’s rlly painful and I live in a windy af city so I never wanna leave my house. Idk what to do. Have bought so many products and supplements, just praying it works.

Am I being dramatic or should I see a trichologist ? These pics are diff lightings from the past couple weeks. Inside it looks sooo thick but when the light touches my scalp u see everything. IM SO SCAREEEDDDD😭😭😭😭

I’m dermarolling, quit shampoo and hair products completely 6-7 months ago, started using rosemary oil and wash with homemade rosemary water. If my hair gets a bit too greasy, I wash it with an egg. (I let it on for 30min-1hour and wash it out with COLD water). I use scalp massager every time I shower, I also massage my scalp in my freetime. I started eating healthier, but its still hard to cut all the bad stuff out.

To be honest I don’t know if I’m improving, but I’m 99% sure that its not getting worse.

(Last picture is taken in february 2025 when i buzzed my hair to see the situation, and started building my routine)

I don’t use medication because I’m too scared for my health. I’m only 25 and I don’t want to take the risk of starting, getting side effects, quitting, and lose my hair faster after that.

I don’t wash my hair much and sometimes it tends to tangle because I have very curly hair. Please let me know what you think.

I’ve noticed hair loss since February and it increased in March with a lot of hair with thick white ends and has been up and down this month. My edges have slowly been growing back in but I’m still shedding and now I occasionally shed some of the new smaller hairs. I have been washing my hair every 3/4 days with nizoral shampoo, cerave anti dandruff but I have curly hair and it dries me out so bad! I feel like it’s drying me out more and not helping. I just took a picture of my part and I can’t tell if it’s improving or worsening. This is a little over a month apart. Before and after. What else can I do to help? I’ve been taking my iron, vit d, biotin but I feel like something needs to help. When will this TE shedding be over😭 I will be visiting family for a few months and I can’t see a derm while I’m there I will have to wait until I come back home. I live in a very dry climate and going to humidity so I’m hoping that helps somehow.

I'm going to see a doctor soon, but I'd like yall opinions.

So, I've been shedding since October 2025, 3 months after starting Accutane, and the shedding was very bad on the end of December when I stopped Accutane use. Shedding peaked at February and March, and now in April, the shedding is finally slowing done. I consistently wash my hair once a week and the clumps are becoming smaller and smaller. I am taking iron and other supplements.

I didn't experience any shedding on the top of my head (where my part is), and every hair I saw come out has a small, dry white bulb.

What I am afraid of however is miniaturization. I don't really know what that's supposed to look like, and I had a few small 3 inch hairs come out with the white bulbs again (from my sides, temples, and back of my head), but I heard it is normal for TE regrowth to behave that way at first? Also, on my sides, I don't see any "pores" for the hairs to come out of. I assume that's because the hairs are finest on those areas and not scarring, since the skin is not shiny or uneven looking. No redness either.

I only have a dermatologist appointment in July, so I can't really know for sure just yet. Since my shedding is slowing down, I am keeping ny fingers crossed this was just a really bad TE episode caused by a combination of medication, low ferritin/iron and trauma.

My hair is quite oily right now, first picture is in low light and second is in direct light.

Is this a normal amount of scalp to be able to see at my front hairline? I can’t tell if I’m overthinking it. I’ve been shedding essentially nonstop for a year and every derm has said TE. My temple on the left side has always been naturally a bit more sparse

I’m 1.5 years post partum. My hair never returned after having my daughter so I’ve been on topical liquid minoxidil twice a day for 2 months and wow! I can tell it’s working. I literally could CRY! If you’re wondering if you should start minoxidil do it!!!