Hair Growth

Hair growth and nourishment. There are three phases of hair growth starting with the anagen “living or growing phase”. At least 85% of hair on a normal healthy scalp are said to be in the anagen phase at any given time and have a normal life of two to six years. The catagen “resting phase” is a transitional stage, the bulb’s cellular activity slows down as it approaches a complete resting phase. The final phase of the bulb’s life cycle is a complete resting stage called telogen “falling phase” these are the hairs that normally fall out and are often found in the brush or on the pillow.

This shedding, “or old hair” is being loosened in the follicle to make way for new hair to grow. So the hairs that fall out are replaced rather quickly by long-lived new hair. It is not necessarily damage from TR that causes you to have those little short hairs at the part or all over a head of hair. Hair has a life cycle - you are always losing some and then it starts to re-grow. When your hair is super straight, you notice the new (short) hair more. With curly hair, it gets hidden. Most authorities believe that loss of 80-100 hairs per day is natural.