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You know you are in trouble when you start envying your dog’s hair. I frequently have stared at my dog’s thick coat and thought to myself, “I’d gladly take his hair, even if it had to be that color, all black and tan” 
I have become incredibly obsessed with staring at everyone’s hair. It seems as though I can no longer watch a movie, a tv show, a commercial, the grocery clerk, the mail lady and not focus on their hair. After I watch a movie I can explain in detail every character’s hair (man and woman) right down to the diameter of the ponytail, color, thickness.. and on and on. I may not know what the movie was about, but I can surely tell anyone who cares to listen, all the intimate details of the actors hair characteristics. I even notice when a hair shed’s off their head and falls onto their sweater. Ha! It actually can really get quite annoying because I would just like to watch a show without focusing so much on hair. After all that is suppose to be a time to relax, but it isn’t for me. I’m much better off reading a book, I think it’s healthier for the mind anyway.
I guess its normal to focus on the things we lack, once had, and wish we had back.
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Elle 09.24.07 at 9:16 pm
I was like that for about a month after I lost my hair, but I quickly got over it. I have noticed that I am becoming obsessed with my regrowth. Constantly looking in mirrors and using another mirror to look at the back of my head to check for thinning areas etc. If you think losing your hair is torture, watching it grow so slowly is even worse. It seems like it’s taking forever!
admin 09.25.07 at 12:46 pm
I wish I’d get over the constant obsessing, it can really get quite annoying. Although I wish I was in the “waiting to grow” phase, I can imagine how frustrating it is for you. It seems I’m stuck in the perpetual misery of crazy excessive shedding.
I also employ the double / triple mirror check. Isn’t that part of the women’s hair loss tool kit? You get 1 bottle Rogaine, 3 mirrors, 1 drain hair catcher, one box of tissues, 1 dirt devil vacuum, 1 book on hope and faith, and 1 sinead o connor CD for a little head shaving inspiration
But seriously, I use several mirrors to gauge my hair loss from a multitude of angles making sure that I move this hair over that one…cover this section or that section by pulling the hair down a certain way before leaving the house, to achieve the closet thing I can to a ponytail that doesn’t have huge balding gaps piercing threw the sides of my head.
Angela 01.04.09 at 7:10 am
If it’s any consollation, I am not experiencing any major hair loss derived from an illness, I have some breakage from overprocessing, and too much heat styling, but I do also feel as slightly hair obessessed too as I am currently trying to grow my hair out from a short bob down to my collar bone, so I also find myself over-focusing on other people’s hair such as friends or people on the train etc. At the mment I gather the hair I loose throughout the washing process in orser to assess whether it is excessive. I think I need a career in the hair industry to harness this slight obsession…