Does A Certain Percentage Of People Never Get Hair Loss or Shedding? How Many?

Does A Certain Percentage Of People Never Get Hair Loss or Shedding? How Many?

When your hair is falling out aggressively, it starts to wear on you after a while.

You often look for proof that you are not alone and that you are not the only one going through this.

     And, luckily, this is easily accomplished by going to hair loss forums. Still, many of us look around at our family and friends and don't see anyone who is going through the same thing. So we start to wonder how common telogen effluvium truly is

. Someone might ask: "what percentage of women will actually experience telogen effluvium in their life time? I have been dealing with shedding for about five months. I've finally been connecting with people on a hair loss forum. 

But these are women from all over the world. In my own hometown, I don't know anyone who is experiencing what I am going through. I have surveyed all of my friends. They all look at me like they have no idea what I am talking about. Some of them have even asked me if I'm exaggerating a little. My sisters and my mother have never had hair loss. How many women will actually get telogen effluvium?

    Is it a small number or a large number?" I have tried to research this and the answer seems to be that the number varies depending on who you ask. Without question, the highest percentage of women who get this type of shedding seem to be new mothers. I found a statistic indicating that as many as approximately twenty percent of women who have just given birth will have at least some hair loss.

 Of course, the severity of this differs. While I had horrific shedding after I gave birth, I've had friends who just noticed a couple of days of aggressive hair loss that quickly passed. So my friends saw no real long term change in their hair while I most definitely could not say the same. 

Telogen effluvium due to other issues (like dieting, surgery, medications, and stress) seems to be more rare. But many of us have read about women who have severe shedding and who have no children. Or, we have experienced this ourselves. It doesn't feel all that rare when it's happening to you. Specialists will tell you that 95 percent of all hair loss is due to androgens or genetic thinning. (Or the condition most commonly known as androgenetic alopecia.) 

     This is a very common statistic that you can find anywhere. So that leaves only five percent of hair loss to be divided up among the other types of loss like alopecia areata or traction alopecia. I've seen statistics which indicate that anywhere from 2 to 10 percent of all women will get telogen effluvium at some time in their lives. Obviously, if you have given birth, your risk factor goes up. 

Some women (like myself) seem to be particularly vulnerable to any change in their bodies or in their lives. And it seems that some women are immune to this risks, and can have birth, get surgery, diet, and go off and on medications and never have it affect their hair. I know that it's common and understandable to hope that you are not alone. I can tell you that you're not. You may not personally know people going through this.

 But all you need is a computer to find support and people who can sympathize. There are many forums where you can communicate and get support. I know that this isn't as ideal as knowing someone in your community or family understands, but for many of us, that's not our reality.  

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