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I was curious about roughly how many hairs you guys lost when you washed it. Recently I've been doing rough counts as I go along, and found that most times I lose around 40 hairs during washing, and 20 once it is air-dried and combed (I have a mega wide-toothed comb). Is 60 excessive or acceptable?
I have just combed my hair having washed it this morning, and like 40 came out this time, and most of them were short hairs. Any thoughts on that?
Matt.
hey matt,
i have been told by many that u can loose up too 100 a day, which worried the hell outta me when i first heard that. now i don't pay no mind to it. i know im loosing the hair but people keep telling me its natural. so try not to think about it. i think of it like the bad ones are falling out. heh . hope this helps u out a little.
keep on growing,
krazie dave
I'm not in the habit of counting lost hairs, but I know from picking them out from between my fingers when I detangle by finger raking I loose between 10 and 20 hairs. More follow throughout the course of the day.
But there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of hairs on your head, you could shed 100 hairs a day over 50 years and still only shed a total of 1.85 million hairs in that whole time. Given that the average length of hair folicles life cycle is 5-6 years, afterwhich time many are replaced with new hairs, you can afford to loose a lot more than sixty hairs a day, without significant long term hair loss.
Sorted
Hi i know this is going to sound like i am boasting but i dont think i lose any when i wash but when i dry it only about 3 - 5 come out !! i think this is good isent it ??
Shedding 50 - 100 hairs daily is perfectly normal.
I have noticed that during spring and fall I shed significantly more hair than during summer or winter. Any comments on that? Might be an atavism from our ancestors...
A Linux Longhair
I notice I lose around 7-10 hairs a day on my bangs region which I have to pull out, I think I notice them now because I can see them rather than I think I'm losing to many hairs!
60 is VERY LOW. I lose about 100, maybe more. For this reason I wash infrequently (about 10 days between washes) to cut my losses to a minimum. With frequent washing my hair never even reached waist length due to excessive loss. The results of infrequent washing however have been good, just click on my photo. Absalom
