Posted: Mar 02, 2000 at 4:36pm
Superstar,
I went through this hair loss thing in high school. It's a vicious cycle. You notice hair loss, so you start obsessing and stressing, which causes you to lose more hair. Every morning I would go to the library and try to look up medical causes for the condition. I would constantly run my hand through my hair to see how many strands I was losing. I started driving my friends nuts, because they didn't think I was actually losing my hair.
Don't do this. You have to take your mind off it. Put your hair back if necessary and ignore it during the day.
If you've undercut your hair, it will feel thinner toward the bottom, because it IS thinner. It's the same as if you layered it. You don't have as much hair down there.
Also, as your hair gets longer, your hair loss will SEEM significantly greater. This is because the hairs are longer, and one or two coiled up in your palm looks like a handful. The hairs are now too long to float away or "disappear." They will collect on your shirt collar and in the bathtub drain. Stop worrying about it.
Brushing, washing, and styling your hair should not contribute to hair loss, unless you are being /really/ rough and breaking the hair. Wash your hair with a thickening product, use a leave-in conditioner, comb it, and either tuck it behind your ears or stick it in a ponytail. Ignore it until it grows more. Keep trimming the bottom perimeter a little at a time, and tell your stylist that you are trying to get it all one length again.
Ally