Hi all,

I'm pretty new to this forum and so far it's one of the best sources of information and help that I've found (better than most doctors). A little bit about myself, I started loosing hair 4 years ago at 18, just the typical hairline recession associated with male pattern baldness. I started to take "propecia" a year after and was on it until last February. Unfortunately, two years after starting the drug I noticed my hair thinning (miniaturizing) on my entire scalp, hence why I stopped taking it. Since then the hair on my scalp has continued to thin and fall out easily, I can run my fingers through my hair and get about 10 hairs without pulling on them (lose maybe 250 hairs/day). This past June, I noticed that all of my body hair was getting finer and also falling out more easily. All of the hairs that fall out are thin/blonde at the root and thicker/brown at the end with a small white bulb (seems like dead skin) at the root. I've been shedding and thinning for over a year now however there's still no completely bald/smooth spots. This confuses me because from what I've read most cases of AA start with completely bald patches. My dermatologist "strongly" believes that it's a case of chronic telogen effluvium from the propecia, however, I have a really hard time believing that because I'm still losing hair at the same rate, and it's miniaturizing which isn't a trait of telogen effluvium as far as I know.
I'm curious as to how any of your AA experiences have progressed, were the shed hairs like the ones i described? Was it relatively slow? Did you have miniaturization? How many hairs fall out a day? I really just need some other cases to compare to in order to feel more confident in my diagnoses. I can assure you that any reply from you guys will be more helpful than anything the careless doctors have told me. Thanks a lot.

-Kyle