Above all, don’t panic when you see a few hairs fall into the sink as you comb your hair each morning. This is a purely natural happening, characteristic not only of man, but of a number of nature’s creatures.
When hair is normal and healthy, each individual hair acts independently and progresses through a steady cycle. There are three phases to this progression:
(1) Growth
(2) Fall
(3) Replacement
The average growth rate for hair on the scalp is approximately one-half inch per month, varying somewhat between races, sex and age groups.
To make room for new hair, nature provides for a certain amount of hair to be shed daily at an average of 50 to 100 hairs per day. There is no cause for alarm unless your daily hair loss exceeds this average. If this occurs, consult with your dermatologist. You may have a scalp or hair disorder requiring immediate attention.
The true life span of hair is still under study, but it is believed to range between two to four years. Naturally, the health of the hair, climate conditions, personal characteristics and heredity all have an effect on this life span.
Some hair recession and thinning is common to every man. When you stop to consider that you probably have over 100,000 hairs on your head, you realize that you can afford to lose quite few–as long as they are being replaced by healthy papillae. But it is a fact that at least one out of every five Caucasian men will eventually notice their normal recession turning into full-scale baldness. If your daily hair loss exceeds the estimated average, then the next blog will be for you. It will help you determine whether your problem is controllable or permanent and what to do in either situation. Stay tuned…
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