The other day, I received an email from someone who said, “Lately, I’ve been noticing a lot of loose hair on my clothes, the floor, and my pillow. But I have very thick hair. I wonder, could it be normal to lose more hair if you start with a hair that is quite thick?” I will address this issue in the next article.
How much hair falls out is “normal”?”Generally speaking, we are given normal ranges for the amount of hair that is normal to lose. This can be more or less depending on the seasons, the time of the month, or any medical circumstances that may need to be considered. It is usually a small percentage of what you start with for what is considered a typical loss. But most of the time, we’re told that 50-100 flyaways a day isn’t a cause for concern, as long as you don’t notice an increase from what’s normal for you for an extended period of time.
And these ranges can vary depending on the amount of hair you have to work with. For example, natural blondes generally have the most hair to begin with (since their hair tends to be fine, but abundant), so they may have nothing to worry about if they lose 100 hairs per day over a period of time. short of time. they are not at this high end for an extended period of time. Redheads have the second thickest hair (and it’s often thicker so they get better coverage), followed by brunettes. There are exceptions to every rule, but for the most part, the finer your hair, the more hair you’ll have in the beginning because you need more hair to get decent coverage and volume if your locks are fine in texture.
How much hair loss or shedding is too much (even if you have thick hair): We have all known people who shed drops every day but continue to have very healthy and thick hair despite the loss. And, most of us have known people who shed very little but whose hair looks pretty thin despite this. There are many variables that go into this, but two of the most important are whether it is outside of normal ranges for an extended period of time, and the quantity and quality of your regrowth.
Many of us can tolerate being outside of normal shedding ranges for a short period of time and will recover fairly quickly as normal healthy hair grows back. But, if the shedding or hair loss is so prolonged that new growth never has a chance to catch up, we will eventually suffer a noticeable net loss. And, some people shed even normal or sub-normal amounts, but their new growth is either missing or miniature and finer than before, so the same amount of hair provides half the amount of coverage and It makes a noticeable and disturbing difference.
Therefore, the answer to the question: “how much shedding is too much” is really too much if it affects the cosmetic appearance of your hair. Some of us can shed a lot, and because we are good regenerators, our hair looks the same in the long run. And some of us don’t have this luxury because shedding lasts too long or our new growth just can’t keep up.