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Recently I've been taking a look at falling hairs, to see what sort of condition they're in. Now, here's what I assume: a strong follicle will produce a thick, pigmented hair, while a weak follicle produces a very thin, less-pigmented hair.
With the majority of hairs, they are actually thicker at the end that grew first, while the root-end is thinner and much more pale. Am I correct in assuming that those particular roots have gotten weaker over time? For the entire 12 months of my hair growth, other than the past 2 weeks, I was very reckless with haircare - washing it maybe once every fortnight. Which is why I don't understand why hairs were thick at the start.
I know it'll take a while before my new and improved haircare regime will show its effects in newly grown hair, but I wanted to ask this anyway.
One last thing, would you guys say it's worth bothering with zinc and saw palmetto?
Thanks
Matt.
This is a generalization that I don't think is valid. If you look at a hair that had a complete life cycle, you should see that it starts out thin, expands, and then contracts again. Active growth ramps up and then wanes. At the end of the life cycle, it stays dormant for quite a while. Then the hair falls out at the onset of new growth.
