Tracking
Photographs of the same scalp area, under the same lighting, taken a month apart.
Photographs of the same scalp area, under the same lighting, taken a month apart. Beats counting shed hairs in the drain.
How to track whether hair loss is progressing or stabilising:
Photographs of the same scalp area, under the same lighting, taken a month apart.
The Sinclair scale (1 to 5) and the Ludwig scale (I to III) are the visual scales dermatologists use. The Sinclair is especially easy to apply at home with a phone selfie of the scalp from above.
What doesn’t help: counting shed hairs in the drain. The signal is too noisy. Daily shedding varies by 50% or more depending on washing, brushing, season, and other factors. What matters is visible density and part width over months, not loose hairs in the moment.
If you’re starting treatment, photograph now and every month at the same time, in the same spot, under the same light. Future-you will thank present-you for the baseline.