Hair is falling out! HELP!!

Aricurly

so I’ve been blow drying my hair for most of my life (28 now) and about a year and a half ago I stopped and started curling my hair. My problem is so much of it is coming out I feel like giving up on my curly journey and go back to blow drying. Every time I wash my hair packs of it come out. I finger detangle, use a wide tooth comb, use deva no poo shampoo, sleep on silk pillow case, deep condition, I’ve done a protein treatment and got a hair cut. I just don’t know what to do. I love my curly hair and I don’t want to go back to blow drying but I’m afraid I’ll go bald. 

curlypearl

Aricurly, I highly recommend seeing a doctor if your hair is falling out. You could have a thyroid problem or low iron or something.  Those things are easily remedied.  Good luck!

Aricurly

curlypearl said:

Aricurly, I highly recommend seeing a doctor if your hair is falling out. You could have a thyroid problem or low iron or something.  Those things are easily remedied.  Good luck!

It only happens when I’m hair is curly. When I blow it out once in a blue I can count how much comes out. When it comes out is in the shower on wash days. But I am going to take your advice and go to a doctor. Do you think Dermatologist would handle hair or another type of doctor ?

Therese1

If you are not brushing your hair between wash days when you wear it curly (most people don't brush curly hair), it is possible that the extra hair in the shower drain is just the accumulation of shed hairs since last wash day. Many people think they're losing more hair when they go curly, but it's actually just because the shed hairs come out all at once. Do you think this might be what's happening?

curlypearl

Therese1 may be right and you may not be shedding too much hair after all.  I'm frequently taken aback at how much hair I lose when I shower.  That said, it's probably a good idea to see a doc, just to rule out any physical problem.  A Derm or an internist would be the type of doc you should see.  I just hope you find someone you trust who doesn't charge an arm and a leg, and who gives you a full physical with blood test to make sure your thyroid, iron, etc. levels are normal.  Please let us know how you are doing.  I hope you get some good answers soon!

WavyKfromNJ

I agree with @Therese1
When your hair is curly, a normally shed hair seems to get caught in with its neighbors, so you don't see them until wash day when they get freed up.