I can sympathise as I too am enduring hair loss. Not clumps (so far!
) but lots of strands whenever I wash it. I was so paranoid that one morning I picked them out of the bath water and counted them (60!!).
Whenever I brush my hair I am also cautious and make sure the brush is hair free beforeI use it so that when I check afterwards I will know exactly how many have come out!!! I may very well have a case of OCD going on here!!
I have stopped washing my hair every day and now do it every second day - washing seems to be the worst but then maybe this is when I notice it most!!
I am not looking bald or thinning (yet
) and I am hoping that I wont.
I have got my head around it by telling myself that there is nothing I can do about it now. The loss is linked to the fact that for the past 11 weeks I have been surviving on 500 calories a day (with a few slip ups - but not many) and I am now reaping (what a pun!) the rewards. Even if I was to start eating normally now my hair would continue to drop out until all of the old growth has gone. In effect the damage is done.
I don't think that extensions would be a good idea because if the hair root is already weak, extensions are likely to make the situation worse and you could end up losing even more hair. That is one of the risk of extensions for anyone - remember Posh?!
Have you considered a different style? That may be the way forward.
And don't forget the hair loss is only temporary (well that is what has been promised!!) - I haven't yet seen a bald or balding ex-LLer. In fact all of the people I have seen, both in person and in magazines look fabulous and that includes the hair.
Chin(s) up old thing.