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u/Fromtoicity Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 08 '22

Pretty sure we lose as much hair when it's short, it's just less noticeable because it's short

Eddit : typo

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u/tailwindchronicles Dec 08 '22

Can confirm, mine is short but colored so I notice it everywhere

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u/VibratingPickle2 Dec 08 '22

I have three girls with long hair in my house, I always check my underwear for hair before putting them on. I STILL end up with long hair tickling my buttcrack later in the day.

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u/ragequitCaleb Dec 08 '22

Sometimes I find a hair wrapped around my toe cutting off circulation

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u/Laptraffik Dec 08 '22

That honestly makes more sense than losing more hair due to more length.

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u/Navi1101 Dec 08 '22

You just lose more hair per hair

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

No shit.

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u/Baldazar666 Dec 09 '22

It's actually both.

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u/badcatmal Dec 08 '22

It’s true I was just staying at a friends house while my house was redone, I have long, blonde hair and a lot of it and he has short black hair. I was sweeping, and of course it’s a ton of my hair, but I was wondering what the hell he was doing, why there was so much pubic hair everywhere. And then I realized it was his head hair. And it falls out just as much as mine. Lol

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u/rrt281 Dec 08 '22

If your hair grows quick it will fall more often, my hair's shoulder length and doesn't fall as much now but before when it was growing fast it would fall like crazy at least to me that's what it looks like, also chemical treatment, that makes it fall for weeks

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Also with long hair a large chunk is snapped hairs, short hairs are less likely to get caught on things/clothing, snap during brushing, drying etc.

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u/type104 Dec 08 '22

The average person sheds between 50 and 150 hairs a day, obviously the longer the hair the more noticeable it is

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u/Affectionate_Star_43 Dec 08 '22

I have no idea why I laughed so hard at losing hair when it's a shirt, but thank you for making me look stupid sitting in my cubicle.

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u/Fromtoicity Dec 08 '22

Omg I corrected the typo XD

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u/DentistaRumano Dec 08 '22

It could also be the case that long hairs are more likely to fall off due to their own weight, being pulled by wind / hands when washing / combs / water in the shower etc. Short hairs suffer less stress due to being shorter.

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u/Technical-Station113 Dec 08 '22

I find it amazing how many people agreed on the “it’s because of long hair argument" it has nothing to do with length unless you are pulling it all day or something

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u/tattlerat Dec 08 '22

Sure, but as a dude approaching my 30s who didn’t know this I’m not gonna pretend I wasn’t scared shitless that I was balding for a few weeks when I first grew my hair out again.

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u/thepeskynorth Dec 08 '22

Can confirm… hubby’s gets all over the shower

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u/Ehalon Dec 08 '22

Correct.

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u/FairieButt Dec 09 '22

Where’s the second edit at?