Guys, thanks in advance.
Back story:
Starting about 7 months ago I've been going through a very trying time stemming from infidelities with a 3 year live in GF. This subsequently bled over into breakdowns with my own family as she manipulated them...anyway, I basically lost it for about two months. I'm better now, but life seriously sucked there for a while.
Hair:
I'm 35, and while my hairline has been receding gradually over the years, to about 10% less full, it's pretty much been normal. However, over the past two months it has been falling out like crazy. Mostly on top and to the crown. I'd say 40% has fallen out and continues to fall out. I'm afraid I'll be bald by summer. It's like the hair root is just less substantial. A hair pulled out from the sides or back has 'more meat to it'.
It's not isolated to a single area, and I'm not literally "pulling my hair out". In other words, not alopecia and not a conscious or subconscious act of making it this way. It's just falling out like all hell and all of the sudden.
Family history is that my grandfathers on both sides had a receded hairline, but full everywhere else. My father is about 75% bald but you would never know as he has some kind of high tech pad sewn into his head (I think). Nobody talks about it! My brother (10 years older) has slightly thinning hair and a slightly receding hairline, but nothing major.
My diet is decent, but not great (robust salads, fruit, chicken, steaks, fish, veggies). I lost about 20 lbs but am back up 10 since she moved out.
Assuming that it was acute stress related (which is waning) do you think it will come back on it's own? If not, do you think this was a trigger that just advanced it to where it would have been without the stressor? Nioxin? Any advice whatsoever is appreciated. Help a brother out!
Back story:
Starting about 7 months ago I've been going through a very trying time stemming from infidelities with a 3 year live in GF. This subsequently bled over into breakdowns with my own family as she manipulated them...anyway, I basically lost it for about two months. I'm better now, but life seriously sucked there for a while.
Hair:
I'm 35, and while my hairline has been receding gradually over the years, to about 10% less full, it's pretty much been normal. However, over the past two months it has been falling out like crazy. Mostly on top and to the crown. I'd say 40% has fallen out and continues to fall out. I'm afraid I'll be bald by summer. It's like the hair root is just less substantial. A hair pulled out from the sides or back has 'more meat to it'.
It's not isolated to a single area, and I'm not literally "pulling my hair out". In other words, not alopecia and not a conscious or subconscious act of making it this way. It's just falling out like all hell and all of the sudden.
Family history is that my grandfathers on both sides had a receded hairline, but full everywhere else. My father is about 75% bald but you would never know as he has some kind of high tech pad sewn into his head (I think). Nobody talks about it! My brother (10 years older) has slightly thinning hair and a slightly receding hairline, but nothing major.
My diet is decent, but not great (robust salads, fruit, chicken, steaks, fish, veggies). I lost about 20 lbs but am back up 10 since she moved out.
Assuming that it was acute stress related (which is waning) do you think it will come back on it's own? If not, do you think this was a trigger that just advanced it to where it would have been without the stressor? Nioxin? Any advice whatsoever is appreciated. Help a brother out!
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