A few years ago I lost clumps of hair and ended up with a perfectly bald, egg sized area on the side of my head. My hairdresser saw it first (my long hair had hid it) and then I remembered the clumps coming out in the shower (during an extremely stressful time in my life). Hairdresser said he’d seen it before with clients related to stress and my GP agreed. GP gave me a cream (sorry don’t remember the name) but the hair grew back over a few months.

In general, my hair overall has started thinning but I think that’s tied to hormonal imbalances.