Increased shedding and loss of hair density are among the most distressing hair concerns we treat. Our Colorado Springs team offers physician-supervised treatments that support the hair growth cycle reduce excess shedding and build back density over time.
Understanding Your Concern
Every hair follicle moves through a natural cycle of growth, transition, rest, and shedding. Losing somewhere between 50 and 100 hairs a day is completely normal as part of that process.
Excessive shedding happens when an unusually high number of follicles enter the resting and shedding phase at the same time, a condition called telogen effluvium. It’s typically triggered by a significant physical or emotional stressor: illness, surgery, major weight loss, childbirth, hormonal changes, or a prolonged period of high stress. The shedding often begins two to three months after the triggering event, which can make it hard to connect cause and effect.
Density loss is a different and more gradual process. Rather than sudden shedding, the follicles simply produce progressively finer and shorter hairs over time, driven most commonly by androgenetic hair loss, hormonal shifts, or nutritional factors. The overall volume of hair decreases slowly, often without any single noticeable event.
Both conditions can occur together, and both respond to the same foundational approach: supporting the follicle environment, reducing the factors pushing follicles into premature rest, and stimulating underperforming follicles back into active growth.
Physical or emotional stressors push more follicles than normal into the shedding phase simultaneously causing a noticeable increase in daily hair loss.
Hormonal or genetic factors cause follicles to produce progressively finer, shorter hairs over time gradually reducing overall hair density.
Iron, protein, and essential micronutrient deficiencies affect the energy available to the hair growth cycle contributing to increased shedding and density loss.
Treatment Results Last Long-Term
Whether you’re experiencing sudden increased shedding, gradual density loss, or both, the right approach depends on identifying what’s behind it. Dr. Dunham and his team will assess the pattern and put together a plan that targets the actual cause.
Needle-free growth factor delivery to support the hair cycle.
Growth factor injection to directly support follicle health.
Concentrated PRP injected into the scalp delivers the growth factors needed to support follicle health, reduce shedding, and improve hair density over time.
Addresses the internal root causes of shedding.
Physician-prescribed home protocols between sessions.
Growth-factor boost layered onto your TED sessions.
Delivers concentrated growth factors to the scalp to help support density during active shedding.
Why Patients Choose Us
Hair restoration takes time. We will set realistic expectations and check in consistently to track your progress and adjust your plan as needed.
Every shedding and density treatment plan is personally evaluated by Dr. Matthew Dunham MD FACOG.
We evaluate hormonal health, nutritional status, and lifestyle factors to identify what is actually driving your shedding before building a treatment plan.
Losing 50 to 100 hairs per day is within the normal range.
If you are noticing significantly more hair on your brush, pillow, or shower drain than usual or if your density appears to be declining it is worth an evaluation.
The earlier you address shedding and density loss the more responsive the follicles tend to be to treatment.
Telogen effluvium caused by stress, illness, or hormonal changes is often temporary and the follicles recover once the trigger resolves.
However supporting the follicle environment during this period with treatments like TED and PRP and addressing internal factors with Nutrafol can meaningfully shorten the shedding phase and improve the density of the regrowth.
Most patients notice reduced shedding within 2 to 3 months of treatment.
Visible improvement in density typically takes 4 to 6 months.
Patience and consistency with both in-clinic and home care protocols are key.
In-clinic treatments like TED and PRP work on the follicle directly.
Supplements like Nutrafol address the internal environment.
Both matter and the combination tends to produce better results than either approach alone.
We will build a plan that makes sense for your situation.
Pricing depends on the treatments included. We offer financing through our partners.
The most accurate pricing comes from your consultation.
Dr. Dunham and his team will evaluate your hair health and build a plan designed around reducing shedding and rebuilding your density. Real results rarely come from a single treatment. Dr. Dunham and his team often combine and stack multiple treatments into one strategic plan built around your goals — because we’re focused on your results, not a sales pitch.
