Was it the medication or the rate of change

My experience was that protein intake mattered — not as a cure, but my dietitian flagged that mine had dropped a long way and correcting it seemed to help.

I found the counting worse than the shedding. Once I stopped looking at the plughole every morning the whole thing became much smaller.

What I would say to anybody at the start of it: it is very unlikely to be permanent, and it is also completely reasonable to be upset while it happens.

Thank you. Genuinely.

Practically: a softer brush, less heat, and leaving it alone. None of it dramatic and collectively it made the daily experience less upsetting.

Mine has thinned and stayed thinner, and I have made my peace with that, and I would not want somebody to read only the full-recovery accounts.

What I found hardest was other people not seeing it. It was enormous to me and invisible to everybody else, which made it lonely.

I got a scalp check because I was worried and it was straightforward and reassuring and took ten minutes. I had built it up enormously.