Different Stages Of Hair Loss
Good looking, shiny hair is an asset. An understanding about how it grows will help you look after it much better. If you don’t look after it, it will become dull and result in hair fall. When you are young, you have good, healthy and abundant hair. With age, it starts thinning and losing its lustre. It gradually becomes rough and lifeless. Cosmetic treatments help to make it look good, but for your natural, healthy hair, you must look after it and nourish it so that it remains young and beautiful. On an average, a person has about 150,000 hair follicles. Follicles are roots right under the skin from which the hair grows. The individual hairs follow a cycle of growing and shedding. It follows four stages as described below. 1. Growing stage - Anagen The growing stage is called anagen. This stage goes on for about 2-6 years, and during this stage hair grows. The length of the anagen stage determines how long it will grow. 2. Transition stage - Catagen After the p...