Our stance towards our hair is personal and crucial. Some people see their hair as their crowning glory and so it is a source of personal confidence. It is a personal disaster of the first magnitude for these individuals to start losing their hair.
It is a disaster and their worst nightmare. Most individuals like their hair and want to retain it and then there are those who shave it off although they do not have to.
All in all, this means that most people worry about their hair to some extent or another. Some individuals worry needlessly though. It is fairly normal to lose about 100 hairs a day from your head. This is not just standard, it is necessary to having a full head of healthy hair.
If you would like to check your rate of hair loss, comb or brush your hair as usual and count the fallout. Take note however, that you will lose more after washing your hair, so rest with dry hair.
Some health care experts say that the rate of hair loss is not a function of age, but rather many factors including health, nutrition, diet, exercise. They say that age, race, and sex are less important than we used to think.
If this is true, then it is worth doing a hair count from time to time and seeking medical advice if the count rises over 100 a day. In fact, the rapid onset of significant hair loss could be a sign of impending health worries.
One thing that you have to take into account is heredity. Take a look at your grandparents, particularly your grandmother’s line. Do not forget that the egg that you came from was made in your maternal grandmother’s womb because baby girls are born with all the eggs that they will ever have.
This means that you were inside your maternal grandmother and were subject to all the health concerns that she underwent. The paternal grandfather does not play such a big function, but your father and his father do.
It is not guaranteed that you will follow them because your diet can be different, but it will give you a clue of what your future head of hair may look like.
As you can imagine, terminal illness is very hard on the body’s resources and the treatments can be just as severe in the short term, so do not become surprised if your body diverts resources away from your hair under these circumstances.
However, it may do so during less chronic bouts of illness, so remember to keep your strength up and consult your medical doctor about, perhaps, taking supplemental vitamins.
If you decide that you should go to the doctor, because you are worried about your rate of hair loss, make sure you tell him everything. Not only what you think is relevant, but about all your bad habits too like whether you drink to excess, whether you burn the candle at both ends, and whether you take recreational drugs. Such information is crucial in determining the hair loss condition you have.
