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Some questions might help you figure out the cause:
So has the hair broke off in those areas or does it appear to have fallen out in those areas? <font color="red">I'm sorry, but I don't know the difference. I'm at work, so I can't get a good look at it. But I'm thinking that it must have broken off since I did have a lot of what I thought was "shedding" this month. </font>
Do you sleep on that side? <font color="red">No. </font>
Have you changed your diet recently? (Remember adding vitamins or minerals counts as changing your diet too.) <font color="red">No. </font>
Have you switche/started a new medication? <font color="red">No </font>
Was the relaxer left on that are longer than usual? <font color="red">During my touchup, the stylist did spread the perm over my hair by the time she was done smoothing. She "protected" my already permed hair with oil before she began though. </font>
Did you scratch that area before your touch up? <font color="red">It's very possible. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif </font>
Was it rinsed thoroughly from that area?
<font color="red">I thought that it was. Also, I washed the next day, I believe, because I was concerned about the overlapping, which she assured me that I shouldn't worry about. </font>
If you have noticed that the hair is growing back (I wasnt clear if the "fuzziness" was due to broken hairs or regrown hairs) then your scalp has already found a way to heal after what happened. If it is truly broken hairs...then it sounds like the relaxer may have overprocessed that area and the result was the hair broke off there. <font color="red"> Yep, the fuzziness is definitely due to broken hairs.</font>
First determine if it was the perm...I know there are a host of sisters here that can tell you how to slow down shedding and breaking if overprocessing was the problem. <font color="red">Since it has been well over a month since my perm, and no real hair loss to mention, until today, I didn't think that the perm was the cause. Wow. Maybe it was the perm, but I just never noticed that it was thinning out until it went completely bald. </font>
Of course the only real way to know is to see a doctor.
Hopefully (and be sure to keep positive...stress can cause hair loss) it is nothing major.
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<font color="red">Thanks so much for your help. </font>