How much hair fall can be considered as normal hair fall?

• By Harleys Clinic
• Jan, 05 2018

People get upset when they find a lot of hairs on their bathroom floor or in the sink whenever they take a shower or get a hair wash, as they tend to feel that they will go bald very soon, but that is not the truth. If you have a hair loss up to a certain extent it’s a very normal thing to happen for women and men both, a hair loss between 50 hair losses to 150 hair losses in some cases can be considered normal.

As hair loss can be triggered a very wide range of reasons like stress, lack of proper sleep, ageing, hair loss due to hereditary problems, even place where you live and the season play a wide role in your hair loss problem.

If we talk about Maharashtra, the humid temperature, pollution, stress full life all together can have devastating effects on your hair loss problem if you are living in Mumbai or nearby places like Pune, Thane and all others.

But if you are really worried about the amount of your hair fall, here is a test that Hair transplant Doctors suggest to take

“Take a bunch of 100 hairs in between your fingers and run your fingers throughout your hairs, if you find 8 to 10 hairs, then this is completely normal,” but as mentions by some specialist hair transplant surgeons that having more then 15 to 18 hairs in this test is abnormal and you need to fix an appointment with an expert hair transplant near you as quick as possible to check what the real issue is.

When asked about the creditability of test form the Hair transplant doctors, they explained that continues hair growth is a natural phenomenon for people as more than 90% of human hair whether men or women grow continuously and 10% of hairs are in the rest phase those are fully grown and about to shed from your head, this is considered as normal hair shedding and not hair loss. So if in the hair loss test, you discover that more than 10% hairs are shedding while conducting the hair loss test. It would be best see an expert hair surgeon nearby your place and find out about the possible treatment for your hair loss problems.

Another check that expert Hair treatment doctors suggest, even before visiting a doctor, if all of sudden you start finding a lot of hairs in your comb is, Ask yourself these questions:

1. Is there a change in my eating habits?
2. Am I taking proper sleep?
3. Are there any thoughts that keep you stressed throughout the day?
4. Have I changed my shampoo?
5. Are there any new products that I have tried in my hairs?
6. Have I started taking any kind of Medicines?
7. Am I consuming the proper amount of vitamins those are required?

If you don’t find proper answers for your hair loss in the questions mentioned above, it would be best to visit a Doctor.