34 Y/O crown- lots of shedding last 5 days.

[Thanks4TheHelp]

Hello, I’m a 34 Y/O male. No family just of MPB. The last 5 days out of nowhere I have noticed shedding while in shower, hairs on my pillow etc. this is a picture of my crown today(please excuse the background lol) . Sometimes when I’m bored I’ll check my the crown of my head. Maybe 2 months ago I checked and it looked almost perfect. But today not so much. Any advice would be helpful. I also have this weird bump on my crown for quite a while now. Scheduled an appointment for a dermatologist next week. Never have I noticed shedding for over a day or two. Right now the shedding is really bad.

 

thanks in advance

[Thanks4TheHelp]

Just to add, my mothers father, at 70 had a little bit of receded hairline  but no breakup of the crown.

[LaserCaps]

It's difficult to tell given the length of the hair, if you're experiencing any hair loss.  

The crown is the weakest point we all share due to the whirl.  It's the point from which the hair stems.  That is, the hair grows outwards from the point, exposing the area.  The contrast between the color of the hair and that of the scalp is not helping you either.  But it does seem this is slightly larger than just a point.  So, my first inclination, would be for you to visit with a dermatologist or a hair transplant specialist just to confirm.

Since you do have family history, I would start doing research on all non surgical options.  Discuss with the physician and decide the best course of action.  It's important to understand, if you've shown the propensity to lose, you'll continue losing.

There are two types of loss. The type you can see, (shedding),  and the type you can't see, (true hair loss).  What you do see in the sink, pillowcase, brush, is normal.  The follicle gets tired of producing and goes into a dormant period of 3-4 months. The hair then resumes growing.  This will happen randomly to all the hair in your head and not all at the same time.  100 hairs a day is considered normal.  Hair loss is different, you don't see it.

Start by looking at the hair in your temporal areas and pay particular attention to the caliber. Some thick and some much finer.  We refer to this process as miniaturization.  Eventually the hair dissipates and disappears.  Once gone, the hair will not return.  

[MAIZE1694]

This was me around 25 or so. One thing I wish I knew about was finasteride.

You're on a hairloss forum so Im sure you know about fin. Get on it.

You have some diffuse loss going on and you can slow it down.

The bump has nothing to do with the shedding.

[Thanks4TheHelp]

Thank you for the replies. I am not familiar with Fin. I joined this forum 9 years ago when I had a “scare” . Since then my hairline hasn’t moved an Inch… I’ll attach one more photo with better lighting. Here is the scary part to me. I got a haircut mid august, and I took a video and sent it to my girlfriend. My hair was full, and the crown/swirl was literally perfect. Now two months later and it looks like this. How could it go from “perfect” to this is 60 days? And I just noticed the shedding last Thursday.

Edit- this summer I had a life change, job change etc. since this summer, I have lost almost 15 pounds, and for about a month straight was eating nothing but one ramen soup a day with literally no protein.

also- can you fill me

in a bit more about the fin treatment?

 

thanks guys!

Edited October 17, 2023 by Thanks4TheHelp

[Gatsby]

Diet can definitely play a role in hair loss. Losing hair over five days at the age of 34 doesn't really fit with genetic MPB. However if it worries you and you are seeing loss then starting medication now would be a good thing. I would however see a dermatologist first. All the best!

[Amiele]

@Thanks4TheHelp It looks like your hair length and the way your hair was “styled” was covering up the thinning. Is your hairline receding? If your derm suspects you have a vitamin deficiency then they may order a complete metabolic panel, CBC, and vitamin D levels. If the derm determines that it is MPB then please don’t wait to start medical therapy.

[mister_25]

Looks normal, I had a annoying cowlick for about 8 years when I was a kid, looks very close to this.

If your really scared about, you should look into fin as previously mentioned or if you just really want to know whether your balding or not buzz your hair down and take a look