IMO your hair will shed anyway as shedding is part of the natural hair growth cycle. Shedding is normal. That said, you will know when your hair is shedding more than usual and then you have to find the culprit.
I was fortunate enough to find what was causing my hair to come out in handfuls and put a stop to it. Now it's back to shedding normally. My "normal" is that even though I do not comb very often, when I do comb I still don't have loads of hair coming out. There are very few hairs in the comb and even when I wash I don't see gobs of hair going down the drain. So what I am saying is you have to know your hair and what is normal shedding and what is not.
I completely agree with the bold.
You have to judge your shedding by your own head, not by anyone elses. The hair articles I've read say that 50-150 hairs a day is normal, which is not that much considering we have over a hundred thousand strands on our heads.
But, normal for you may be 200 strands or 10 strands, it just depends. Also, your diet and hormone levels may affect it as well. That's why I always say, unless you are seeing bald spots, handfuls (real handfuls, and not due to waiting a week to detangle) of hair, or severe thinning you shouldn't be worried about shedding. It's what hair does.