Receding Hairline?
Let’s start with a brief primer on hair growth. Hair grows all over our body, except for the palms of our hands and the soles of our feet. Some of it we like, and some of it we remove, according to the fashions of the day. Women often remove leg hair and underarm hair, and some men have their backs and chests waxed. But almost everyone wants to keep the hair on their head. We want to keep looking youthful, healthy and attractive. Hair is produced in hair follicles in the outer layer of our skin. This is where the root of the hair is. Hair is made of the same protein as our nails – keratin. A hair grows about half an inch every month. On average, an adult has about 100,000 to 150,000 hairs on their head, and loses about 100 a day. You’ll always see a few hairs on your comb. This is normal, and simply part of the life cycle of a hair. A hair follicle has a life cycle. The timing of cycling is determined to factors such as disease, stress and age. The life cycle has three phases: 1. Anage
