What happens if the hair starts to fall out?
Each hair follicle possesses the genetic disposition to have its own pattern of a growing and resting phase. As you grow older, the hair follicles are preconditioned to grow for a shorter period and remain in the resting phase for a longer period. Research has shown that people suffering from hair loss also demonstrate a swelling of the hair sacs. Because of this swelling, the hair bulb can no longer return to its place in the skin. This disturbs the growing phase, and leads to it that new hair can be formed, but cannot settle. This means that new hairs are continually produced by the hair bulb, but the hairs will only reach the age of a few weeks, rather than several years. As a result, the newly formed hairs remain of very thin and downy structure and they keep falling out after a few weeks or months. The speed in which the balding process progresses varies from person to person.
