Hair thins in a single cycle?

[hans]

As I was showering and doing my daily "count" of how many hair I lost, I notice that some hairs seem to thin at the end. These are the same hairs that have the little white bulbs (aka the hairs that have been in a telogen phase for a while, thus losing pigmentation). My question is that I thought the thining caused by male pattern baldness occurs on subsequent hair cycles, meaning the thinning should occur on the next hair cycle for the lost hair and not while it was still growing. Am I getting the biology of it wrong?

 

[jeffsss]

I've noticed that on some of my hairs as well...
not sure what to make of it because I dont think it's supposed to happen...

 

[hellohello]

Nah most likely the pigmentation is less intense at the base of the hair shaft. hair is so thin you would need a decent microscope to accurately measure the size of the shaft.

 

[chewbaca]

on rare occasions hair does thin in a single cycle.