 [ Symptoms ] why is hair coming off on my hands while shampooing  i am a 21 year old male there is no history of male pattern baldness in the immediatte family and this only started about 3 weeks ago until then i had never experienced any such issue [ Disease ] not knowing anything about you your medical history state of health nutritional habits etc it would be impossible for me to guess the reasons you may be losing hair but i can tell you that hair occurs in two stages active growing and the resting stage hair in the resting state tends to break off like other mammals we tend to shed certain times of the year see a dermatologist for a first hand evaluation and a patient specific answer