Telogen effluvium or AGA or other? (Photo)

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From the history of stress and the photos provided, stress-induced hair loss (telogen effluvium) is certainly a good possibility. The average individual with a full head of hair loses on average about 75-100 hairs per day. You may wish to make a daily collection of all the hairs that come off on the pillow, brush, sink and shower basins in order to see if you are really shedding much more than that per day. Not uncommonly, people overestimate. However, if in fact this is telogen eflluvium, which can result from either or both emotional stresses, as well as physical stresses, such as colds, fevers, sore throats, minor or major surgeries or illnesses, etc., there are a number of topical and oral therapy to deal with it to maintain hair density until the stress abates spontaneously or is otherwise addressed. Dermatologists are the premier board certified specialists in hair, skin and nail disorders and you would be wise to consult with one to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment. Best of luck.

Be sure to see a specialist for an up close examination and to review your story in detail. AGA can happens as young as 7 or 8 so age 30 would not be a reason to exclude AGA. 25% of males have some evidence of male balding by age 30. In these photos, AGA would be likely. One would need a close up examination to confirm this and a proper review to exclude TE.