HI,
I had car accident recently.I am 40 year old female. I did pass out after the accident due to stress but other then that there was no injury to my physical body. My car is at total loss. Later when I came home and had shower I lost about one fourth of my hair while washing my hair. This kind of sudden hair loss was strange. Only thing I can think is we did end up gently vacuuming the hair to remove glass pieces from my hair which was in fact advised by the hospital. Are you aware of any reports like this? Would it grow back?
I have never heard of losing 1/4 of your hair after a car accident from stress. It is indeed very strange. Perhaps your perception of losing 1/4 of your total hair is a bit exaggerated or the accident just called your attention to something already going on? I do not think gentle or even harsh vacuuming the scalp to remove glass debris would pull out that much hair (it would really hurt). I think only time will tell if your hair will grow back (about 6 to 12 months).
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Is it possible that this woman’s “passing out due to stress” was in fact caused by some kind of mild head trauma (perhaps without her even remembering it)?
If so, she might need her pituitary checked…it’s extremely vulnerable to mild head injuries and episodes of unconsciousness (particularly if any hypoxia occurs).