About myself
Age - 22
Gender - Male
Ethnicity - Indian
[Pardon me for my english, i hope you understand what I’m saying]
What I’m facing right now?
I shed a lot of hair, especially during shower. Also i can see hair strands on my bed and pillow.
History
It all stated around june’24, when my hair started to shed a lot. ( It still sheds a lot).
It followed by intense itch on my scalp which persisted till feb/march’25 (although it was intense only till december’24).
I suspected having gluten intolerance, and after i gave up gluten, my scalp itch has drastically reduced. ( Now this is just what i feel, i don’t have any test to show that i have gluten allergy) but my IgE count was 758 in march’25.
(On Gluten free diet from approx past three to four months)
Also i did blood work for some things
Vit d
March’25 - 6ng/ml
June’25 - 84ng/ml
Vit b12
March’25 - 113 pg/ml
June’25 - 217 pg/ml
IgE on april’25 - 758 (normally should be below 150)
Thyroid - normal on march’25
Iron and ferrritin - not tested as of now.
Supplements that I’m taking
Vit d
Vit b12
Biotin
Fish oil
Also multivitamin+ mineral tablet
Shampoo that I’m using - candid tv abd mintop.
Current scalp condition
I can feel less hair on my scalp. There is slight temple recession and thinning/partition at my crown area. Overall scalp feels to have less hair.
Hairs are dry, rough and frizzy.
Also widening of the partition can be seen sometimes.
Hairs that fall are varying lengths, thin and thick, new and old, long and short. Basically all types of hair.
But there is patterns to it, only/mostly thick hair fall when my hair are dry/thorugh out the day. While showering, both thin and thick hair comes out.
Also in march and april, i also faced shedding of facial hair and eyebrows, which has reduced now.
Family history of baldness
Pateranl side - every men in the family ( big joint family) have hair. Even my father is 60+ yrs old and he also has great hair for his age.
Maternal side - there is only one maternal uncle who is somewhat bald. Rest have great hair. (Also joint family).
Now, despite all of this, i think i have AGA, but also suspects of TE. Please help me what should i do and what could be the possible case here.
Please if you do suggest some products or test, i am only a med student, so budget part can be tricky. But i will try to do as much as possible.