• HEALTHY HAIR GROWTH CYCLE ?

Most men and women experience some form of hair loss baldness or thinning hair during their life. During a normal HAIR GROWTH there is a cycle of hair loss. There are three main phases of the individual hair growth cycle: anagen, catagen, and telogen. Anagen is the active hair growth phase. It lasts for about 4 to 5 years. In the 5th year, the catagen stage evolves, a period of regression of the hair follicle. Ultimately, the hair follicle falls out as a resting period, the telogen stage. By the 6th year, new hairs grow and the hair growth cycle begins again.

The number of hair on a healthy scalp is approximately 100,000. On a normal human scalp about 90 percent of follicles is continually in the anagen stage of the HAIR GROWTH stage। On average, 50 to 60 hairs are lost from the head every day in a normal hair growth cycle. Hair starts to recede when fewer number of new hair is in the re-growth stage. As we age, the hair cycle slowly becomes disrupted and more hair is shed. In time hair growth stops completely and baldness results.

• WHAT IS COMMON CAUSE OF HAIR LOSS ?

In 95 percent of all hair loss cases, the most common hair loss cause is due to an inherited baldness known as androgenic alopecia. Over 66 percent of men and over 20 percent of women experience this type of hair loss called “male-pattern baldness” or “female-pattern baldness.”

Taking the numbers further, more than 30 million women in the United States suffer hair loss thinning hair or baldness in some form। One in five women suffer from female hair loss. The 1999 survey by AC Nielsen in Singapore showed that hair loss affects 21 percent of women. Despite hair loss research efforts, to date, hair loss cause still remain in question.