Myths and Facts About Hair Loss Prevention
Here are some facts I thought you should know about hair loss prevention. There are many myths around this subject and I wanted to help you a little bit.
Look at these amazing facts:
• The hair grows at a rate of 1 cm per month.
• The average person loses between 50 and 100 hairs every day.
• People with blond hair have more hair (140,000) than people with red hair (90,000).
When is it considered a problem?
Hair loss can be considered as a problem only when it begins to thin on areas at the top. If a man notices his hair loss while showering or after brushing his hair, this is not an indication of pathological hair loss.
A relatively simple test is to pull your hair at any time and see what happens. If by pulling a bunch of hairs, using three fingers, you find over four or five hairs come out, it’s probably indicative of significant hair loss. Another test you can –make is by simply looking at your pillow in the morning. If there are over eight hairs on the pillow after sleeping, it is also a significant sign.
Smoking can cause baldness
Cigarettes contain chemicals that can cause cumulative damage, aging skin and aging hair mechanisms. In addition, heavy smoking causes blood-vessel contraction leading to poor circulation in various organs.
Can women be bald too?
There are rare skin diseases that cause hair loss in women. The period of menopause is particularly dangerous because of the hormonal changes, which can result in thinning of the hair, and sometimes “masculine” alopecia . The good news is that women do not usually suffer complete baldness, and thinning of the hair may only be temporary.
Playing with your hair can cause hair loss
Manipulation of the hair, such as pulling or twisting resulting in changes in the structure weakens the hair. Also, gathering hair into a ponytail or pulling hair when drying can aggravate the fragility of the hair and may lead to hair loss.