Hair Loss, also known as Alopecia, affects both men and woman. Everyone experiences hair loss and the average person
normally looses as many as one hundred strands of hair every day of their life.
The "average" head has approximately 100,000 hair follicles. Each follicle, or strand, remains intact and
healthy for about 4.5 years and grows, on average, about half an inch every month. When the individual hair dies and falls
out it is normally replaced by a new one within six months. Baldness, or hair loss, is not a result of hair falling out,
it is the result of new hair not growing back in to replace it.
The most common hair loss problem in men is known as "male pattern baldness". It is believed that this is a
genetic condition and it normally begins around age 30 with the full effects being very apparent by age 60. Male pattern
baldness typically begins with a receding hairline and culminates with total hair loss or partial bald spots.
Hair loss in women usually does not follow the patterns that appear in men although exceptions do occur in women have a
higher percentage of male hormones. Most female hair loss suffers experience an overall thinning of the hair rather than
bald spots.
Hair loss can be treated and you should see your health care provider for an initial examination to determine the reason
for your particular problem.
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