r/HairLossForBlackWomen

I’m experiencing a lot of shedding, like every day and my hair is thinning. Honestly I’m scared because I’ve always had a good grade of hair when it comes to growth & thickness. My hair is like a high 4b low 4c. I don't use any chemical products as in relaxers or dyes. Now I just found out keeping my hair in braids may not have been a good thing. I usually always get my hair braided. When I take it down, l go to the beauty shop for a wash, deep condition, trim, & silk press. Wait about 2 weeks and get my hair braided again. TBH I don't know how to take care of my own hair so that's why this has been my routine. I also have hypothyroidism so hormonal issues likely contributes to this. But I want my hair to get thicker and grow back. I legit want to cry. What can I do yall?

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the texture has a soft blown out yaki feel that blends reallyyy well with my natural 4C hair, so it doesn't have that obvious “wig shine”.

it's full without being too much, super lightweight, and i didn't have any issues getting it on. also i’ve had this unit for almost a month, and there’s been ZERO tangles or shedding so far which is impressive! definitely beginner friendly if you're new to half wigs since you only need a little leave out 🙂‍↕️

overall i'm really happy with it! and i can already tell this is gonna be one of the ones i keep reaching for 👏🏾

First two photos is my hair damaged from braids and sew in styles. My scalp was so inflamed and sore from knotless braids. I think I had some sort of reaction to the braiding hair. The second photo I had a sew in and it took my hair out from being too tight. Last three photos is most recent. Im starting to see slow growth. I started talking iron and vitamin D because my levels were low. And most recently started alternating with cecred edge drops and ordinary drops. Can anyone else see the new growth or is it just me?

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I’m 45 and started noticing hair thinning at my crown last June 2025. I initially thought it was stress and or side effects of starting a GLP shot. For several months I experienced overall shred and weakling of hair. I started working with Dermatologist who thought the thinning was coming from GLP. I did four rounds of painful PR scalp tre that resulted in chronic painful inflammation followed by rounds of steroids both tropical and oral to get inflammation down. I also started taking oral minoxidil 2.5 daily. A few months back I decided to go to a different dermatologist who did a scalp biopsy and it was determined I have AGA non scarring. For the last two months the goal has been to get rid of the inflammation before starting regrowth.

I am very worried that the inflammation is CCCA, but given biopsy results I guess I should stop worrying. I just really want my hair to stabilize and grow back. This is so devastating. I have naturally curly hair and want to resume that look.

When I go back to see my dermatologist next month the plan is to add a compound of tropical minoxidil, oils, spironolactone to by daily process. I’m worried that given I’ve been on minoxidil since October and had prp treatments will this get better? Will the scalp pain ever stop??

I’ve posted before about my hair loss and nothing has improved. My hair is shedding slightly less but definitely way more than it should be. The balding has progressed and I did blood work that showed really low vitamin d and iron. Is that the factor? I don’t eat well and I’m underweight. It’s been about 8 months of this.

the first dermatologist I went to was useless. I am in the process of booking a consult with a female black dermatologist! I am also speaking with my medical doctor for IV iron infusions. Any tips or advice is much appreciated 🤎

I just wanted to share my experience and get some input from others who might be going through something similar.

I (23 F) have been going through a battle with suspected TE. Around October 2025 I noticed in the shower that I could see my entire scalp. I am an individual who has had thick curly hair my entire life, to this was extremely distressing to see.

Following, I noticed a change in texture my hair was frizzier than usual, none of my usual curly hair routine was helping and I was at a loss for what could be going on.

2025 was a hard year for me. I graduated college with a stressful thesis, and then had a depressive episode while struggling to find a job, switching birth control, etc.

In September of 2025 I got a new job, had to uproot my life and move to a new city, etc.

Then in November of 2025 I went through a bad break up and lost my job.

All this to say, I struggled immensely and seeing so much hair shed in the shower, styling, or even touching my hair was not helping.

Throughout early 2026 I started to stabilize. I went to some doctors all who said this was common TE but now I’m starting to have my doubts.

March 2026 I started topical minoxidil 5% and had some testing done to show that my cortisol was way above average and that I might be borderline for hypothyroidism (runs on my mom’s side of the family so that wasn’t a surprise).

Present day I seem to be going through an increase in shedding once again. With some shorter finer hairs in the mix.

My mother also recently got diagnosed with AGA, and now I’m worried my TE could be unmasking. I’m waiting on getting a scalp biopsy later this month but I wanted to know what everyone else thinks. I’ve attached some photos.

Does this look like it could be TE with AGA or is this just normal TE? And does it look like the minoxidil is doing anything? I have been noticing a bunch of new short hairs coming in with tapered ends but I can’t tell if this is normal growth or miniaturization.

Sorry, sort of a long post but yeah. I’m just looking for someone to be straight up with me.