I have very curly hair myself, and at one time, had a lot of it too!

Two years or so ago, I went through intense stress and major depressive disorder. My hair was coming out at I showered, simply putting conditioner in. Big chunks of hair lost every day! After 6 months or so (which felt like a year), the hair loss finally stopped. Since then, *knock on wood*, my hair is better. No more hair loss ~ and it's still very curly hair ~ but my scalp is slightly visible on top of my head. One can clearly see the area that was operated on 7 years ago (as no hair grows where they cut and removed parts).