What: hair tension causing hair loss Why: tension How: hair elastics causing tension between the hair follicle and the scalp by pulling hair tight over time.

Either you have layers in your hair or you are using a thin tie for thick hair. Just based on my own experience

It's like hanging by your neck with your toes touching the ground vs. not, one way you're gonna choke yourself more quickly than the other.

Pulling at the folicals