The Truth About Hair Loss

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Scared of combing your hair? Frightened by the amount of hair you see on the comb when you do? Is your hairline slowly receding? Face it. You may be experiencing hair loss.

The average life span of hair

The average hair strand lasts for two to six years. Each strand grows approximately a centimetre per month during this duration. Around ninety percent of the hair on your scalp is growing at any one time. The remaining ten percent, at any given time, is in a resting phase. After about two to three months, resting hair falls off and new strands grow in its place.

It is about normal to shed hair as this cycle progresses. However hair loss may become excessive for some people. Abnormal hair loss may affect men, women and children.

What is hair loss?

Alopecia is the scientific term for hair loss. There are three types of alopecia: areata, totalis and universalis. Alopecia areata is a form of hair loss from areas of the body, usually from the scalp. It is characterized as bald spots or patches in the scalp. It may just be one spot or multiple spots in the scalp. For one to two percent of people with alopecia areata, the condition...

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