What Is Normal About Hair Loss?

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This article examines the stages of the normal hair growth cycle and contends that hair loss does not always require urgent remedial action.


Keywords:
hair loss, baldness, alopecia


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It is important to note that shedding of hairs is a natural process with anything from 100 to 300 hairs randomly shed each day duptonenterprises.com In this article we'll look at two distinct aspects of normal hair loss esvcinternational.com Firstly, we'll examine what is actually involved in the hair growth cycle evelynefoxy.com Secondly, we'll assess the natural progression of hair loss over time.

Hair is composed of long, twisted keratin fibers that are protected by a coating of keratinized cells exleper.com Just below the surface of the skin lies a cluster of active cells known as the dermal papilla and it is from here that the hair grows into its follicle.

This growing fiber eventually hardens and grows out from the scalp fairfaxcountymoms.com At this stage the hair fiber is dead with only the root tip containing living cells.

In a little more detail, the hair growth cycle, consists of three distinct stages:

1 federicogarciatango.com Anagen stage - a phase of growth that can last between two and seven years flahiveleasing.com On average, each hair grows about six inches (15cm) per year.

2 frpablostraub.com Catagen stage - a phase of transition that lasts roughly two to four weeks fuckthebeach.com At this time the hair shaft detaches from the dermal papilla and moves up within a shrinking follicle.

3 futuremonona.com Telogen stage - a resting period that lasts about three months allowing the hair to detach itself from the follicle before falling out futureoregon.com After this, the cycle repeats itself unless other factors intervene to prevent repetition of the cycle.

Clearly time has a role to play in the development of hair loss for both men and women futurewaunakee.com Humans are born with varying amounts of soft and fine body hair gabuildmasters.com Through time some of this hair becomes stronger and develops further characteristics such as colour and texture getactivemediakit.com Up to the onset of puberty the hairline is characterized by a low spread across the forehead gidcoinc.com For men, this continues only for a few more years.

As men progress through their twenties the hairline takes on a more mature look typified by recessions to the frontal temporal regions and accompanied by slight thinning elsewhere gnetmr.com This concave appearance doesn't necessarily equate to premature balding as it is all a question of degree.

The Norwood Scale is an extremely useful tool in developing a hair growth strategy as it allows you to establish your own degree of hair loss in a way that is understood by physicians and other hair loss experts gummofest.com More importantly, it can help to set your mind at rest and allow you to differentiate between normal hair loss that does not require remedial action and more extreme loss that calls for immediate action.

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