Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow : Understanding Hair Loss to Improve Hair Growth

so hair is sort of described as a filament that's made up of keratin.

So breaking that down, it's sort of a thin thread-like structure made of keratin.

Keratin is what provides its strength and structure.

And it plays a number of different roles in the body in terms of helping to regulate body temperature, protecting us from different elements like the cold and sunlight.

And there's also these sort of specialized nerve endings within the hair follicle that that actually help to detect different factors like light touch and environmental factors as well

see so interesting because i totally forget about the even sun barrier protection of hair so very interesting a good point now beyond like the physical functions of what hair is we know that people are very attached to their hair you know the color of the hair their length of their hair is there something to be said about people's identity and their emotional well-being in connection to hair

I would say yes.

Like I think people often associate their confidence and self-esteem with their hair and hair quality.

And we often express ourselves with different hairstyles, hair color.

So when hair is healthy, we often don't think much about it, right? In terms of how it can affect us emotionally.

But when we do start to experience hair thinning or loss, we can see that tie come in in terms of emotions, confidence, and self-esteem being affected.

A very valid point.

Now you touched on hair loss there.

And I know we're going to really talk a lot about this today, but I know that people come in and to the store and they're talking about hair loss, hair shedding, how much hair they have in the shower, on the walls, how much is in their hairbrush.

And they're always like really worried about any piece of hair coming out of their hair, but it is normal to shed some hair.

But what is the difference between like a typical hair normal hair shedding, and people experiencing actually hair loss.

So you're correct.

Normal hair shedding takes place.

On average, we lose anywhere from 50 to 100 hairs per day.

Totally normal.

Once a hair is shed, there is a new hair growing out of the same follicle.

So the hair density often doesn't change.

We don't notice any type of thinning or loss taking place with normal hair.

hair shedding hair loss.

On the other hand, we don't have that new growth happening.