MALE HAIR LOSS

Male Hair Loss

Hair Loss: Normal Loss Normal Hair Shedding: During the resting stage of the cycle of hair growth, the hair follicle relaxes its hold on the hair shaft bulb, and the bulb of the hair shaft moves closer to the surface of the skin. Over time, normal hair movement and shampooing cause the hair shaft to loosen further. Eventually the hair is shed. Shedding hairs is normal. On average we shed about 50-100 hairs each day (we also grow about 50-100 new hairs each day). 50-100 Hairs Lost Each Day: The actual quantity of hairs shed each day depend upon several factors, male balding male hair loss including the total number of full-size terminal hairs a person has, the average length of their hair growth period, the degree of physical loosening activity (such as vigorous shampooing). Also, worthy of consideration is the number of damaged hair shafts which may break off in the middle, and increase the apparent number of shed hairs. The following two examples illustrate how 50-100 hairs can be shed each day: 50 Hair Example: For the first example, we have a person with about 100,000 active hair follicles on their scalp, with a 60 month average growth period, and a 3 month average rest period. propecia online uk male hair loss On average they will shed about 1/63 (60 months +3 months ) of their hairs in any given month, or about 1,500 hairs every 30 days. This works out to about 50 hairs per day, and would be normal hair loss. 100 Hair Example: In our second example, a person with 120,000 active hair follicles, a 36 month average growth period, and a 3 month average rest period, will shed about 1/40th (36 +3) of their hairs in a given month, or about 3,000 hairs. This works out to about 100 hairs per day, and would be normal hair loss. New Hairs bald areata male hair loss Grow: Under normal