If you notice some of your hair has fallen out, it\u2019s perfectly natural to be concerned that something is wrong. However, you need to be sure you aren\u2019t worrying unnecessarily. Learning a little more about the normal cycle of hair growth and loss can help to alleviate your fears, as well as giving you an insight into what constitutes \u2018excessive\u2019 hair loss.<\/p>\n
Normal hair growth cycle<\/strong><\/p>\n Hair normally grows in three stages:<\/p>\n \u2022 The anagen (growth) phase \u2013 lasting up to eight years. Around 85 per cent of all hairs on your head are in this phase at one time On average, hair grows around 1.25 cm (0.5 inches) a month. This adds up to around 15cm (6 inches) a year.<\/p>\n Normal hair loss<\/strong><\/p>\n As you will have noticed, everyone loses some hairs every day. These are the hairs that are at the end of the telogen phase falling out and being replaced by new hairs growing in the follicle. It is normal to lose around 50 to 100 hairs every day; if you notice considerably more than this falling out, you should make an appointment to see your GP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you notice some of your hair has fallen out, it\u2019s perfectly natural to be concerned that something is wrong. However, you need …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1646,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions\/1646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 The telogen (resting) phase) – this is where 10-15 per cent of the hair and the follicle remains dormant for up to four months
\n\u2022 The catagen phase \u2013 the transitional phase, lasting around two weeks<\/p>\n