Women likely to lose more hair in Autumn
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Susan Whitford
Susan Whitford has twelve years experience as a health and beauty journalist in the United Kingdom. Susan has worked as a staff writer and features editor on a number of consumer magazines. By Susan Whitford
Published on 24th October, 2011
New research has shown that women are more likely to experience significant hair loss in October, due to the natural cycle of hair growth.
New research has shown that women are more likely to experience significant hair loss in October, due to the natural cycle of hair growth.
The team of Swedish scientists examined the hair growth cycles of 800 women over the course of six years. They said July saw the most number of hairs in the 'resting' stage of growth - known as the telogen stage - and that these hairs to would begin to fall out around 100 days after entering this phase - coinciding with the beginning of October.
Human hairs grow for between two and six years, before entering the telogen stage for around two to six months, and subsequently falling out. After falling out, the hair follicle then rests for around three months, before repeating the process. It is thought that around 90 per cent of hairs are growing at any one time, with the remaining 10 per cent in the telogen phase.
In the report on the study, which was published in the industry journal, Dermatology, the scientists said they believed that evolution lay behind the pattern of the cycle. They said the follicles had evolved to hold on to hairs during the summer in order to protect the scalp from hot summer sun.
The team of Swedish scientists examined the hair growth cycles of 800 women over the course of six years. They said July saw the most number of hairs in the 'resting' stage of growth - known as the telogen stage - and that these hairs to would begin to fall out around 100 days after entering this phase - coinciding with the beginning of October.
Human hairs grow for between two and six years, before entering the telogen stage for around two to six months, and subsequently falling out. After falling out, the hair follicle then rests for around three months, before repeating the process. It is thought that around 90 per cent of hairs are growing at any one time, with the remaining 10 per cent in the telogen phase.
In the report on the study, which was published in the industry journal, Dermatology, the scientists said they believed that evolution lay behind the pattern of the cycle. They said the follicles had evolved to hold on to hairs during the summer in order to protect the scalp from hot summer sun.