The scalp contains around 100,000 hairs, on the average. An individual hair lives roughly 4 1/2 years, and about 100 hairs a day will be lost under normal circumstances. Men and women tend to lose hair thickness and amount as we age. However, genetic baldness (pattern baldness) is not caused by excessive hair loss, but by the body's failure to produce new hairs when the old ones die.
Hair Loss
Signs & Symptoms
Normal Hair Loss Is Different From Pattern Baldness
Submitted by Steve Ross on Sat, 01/20/2007 - 5:46pm.
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