Losing my hair and I'm 22 yrs old.

A diet too low in fat can cause hair loss. (especially if you eliminated it quickly) Your hair folicles require soem fat for natural lubrication. Like someone already mentioned, adding healthy fats to your diet is important. (olive oil, nuts, seeds, fish)

get your vitamin D levels checked

It can really be any number of reasons.... Are you getting enough Iron in your diet?

Or, are you over styling your hair? Using a lot of products? Using the blow dryer/straightener a lot? Dying your hair?

Shedding large amounts of hair can occur after pregnancy, major surgery, drastic weight loss, or extreme stress. It can also be a side effect of certain medications/drugs. It can last from 6mos to 3yrs after a stressful event...

It could be hereditary, or you could have thyroid problems.

Missed, irregular periods or ovarian cysts? If so, look into pcos

I can't advise you strongly enough to do your own research and go to your GP knowing what you want them to do for you. I would recommend that you ask your GP to run your bloodwork and see if you have an overactive thyroid or zinc deficiency. Hopefully that is all it is and your hair loss can be remedied. Without wanting to scare you, I began losing my hair at 30, it came out by the handful when I showered. My local GP's were dreadful they didn't seem to take me seriously at first, one told me that maybe my shampoo was too harsh! I was scared at what was going on. Anyway, I did some research and when I worked my way through the 3rd GP at my practice I demanded bloodwork and a referral to a dermatologist at the hospital. Unfortunately I was diagnosed with Alopecia Universalis which means I suffer from total body hair loss. That was 7 years ago. They put it down to stress as I didn't fall into any other category (hadn't suffered a trauma such as a death or a car crash etc).

Happy to chat more 1 on 1 if you like. Good luck and fingers crossed you don't have what I have.

Shona

Are you on birth control? That's a side effect of many of them, including the pill and nuvaring.

Just to pop in with .02 more cents, there is a condition called alopecia which usually presents in isolated "spots" (areata) and is directly related to stress. A more overall hair loss will, likely, be the result of hormonal or vitamin imbalance. Regardless of what the actual condition is, if it is possible for you, please go see a doctor.

There are several reasons that this could be happening... The one question that comes to mind is how many calories are you consuming? This happened to me a couple years back. The Dr's were pretty much useless and couldn't tell me why but i'm pretty sure I know it was because I wasn't eating enough, and stress. Biotin helps, they have certain shampoo's and conditioners as well. But i would start with your diet first.

I think you first need to get a diagnosis of what kind of hair loss you are having - each kind needs a different treatment

If it is hair fall - check for dandruff, check your diet (drastic changes lead to hair loss). Also hair has a 5 year odd cycle, so if you lost hair 5 years ago for any reason, it could be repeating that now as fresh hair is replaced

If it is alopecia aereata - you could suddenly find one bald patch on the scalp. that's scary but it will clear up over a period of time and some sort of topical steroid will help - check with the doctor

if it is generalized thinning - that is, you don't see hair falling so much but maybe your parting is getting wider, and overall you can see scalp peeking through - that is androgenic alopecia - and that is a different ballgame. it's a form of male-pattern baldness that some women get where the hairs get miniaturized and become so thin as not to be visible and the only solution to that is minoxidil which will increase the thickness of these hairs, as long as you keep applying it. There is a medicine Finasteride but it isn't recommended for women who might get pregnant because of possible damage to the fetus.

Biotin can help in all cases.