Birth and hair loss: an ongoing process
Every day new hairs grow and fall out of our head, according to a life cycle that is renewed continuously. Each of the hairs on our body is active and immersed in a life cycle.
Between 130,000 and 150,000 hair covering our bodies, but not all grow at the same rate, the scalp does so with an average of 1 mm every 3 days, while the eyelashes or body hair makes it more slowly.
The hair is part of our life from the pregnancy (the follicles are developed between the second and third month), and thus a hair problem goes beyond the mere loss of hair, resulting in disappointing reactions in both women and men.
Alopecia is the absence of hair in one, several or all parts of the body, which can be triggered by multiple causes.
The health of our hair begins from the root
Each root hair is located on a hair follicle and a stem projecting upward above the surface of the epidermis. A sebaceous gland in each follicle leads while a bunch of smooth muscle fibers are attached to each hair. In the papillary zone, consisting of tissue and blood vessels, producing the nutrients needed for hair growth.
Within each follicle cycle we can distinguish three phases: growth and transitional or resting. The duration of this cycle varies depending on age and body region and the length and thickness of hair or hair.
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