Miniaturized hairs in people without baldness

[rov]

Hi I just have a question:

Why do people without baldness also sometimes shed thinner or miniaturized hairs ?? because I noticed this in the pillows of my mother and my sister and they have incredible heads of hair.

 

[dpdr]

My mother also has hair miniaturized in hairline

 

[follicle84]

Hair generally gets thinner and more limp before it sheds to start a new cycle.
This is because vital nutrients like vitamins are cut off from reaching the hair to stop it growing and fall out only to be replaced by a new hair follicle.

 

[rov]

But why do even people without male pattern baldness also shed thinner and miniaturized hairs?

 

[LewdBear]

Why do people without baldness also sometimes shed thinner or miniaturized hairs ?? because I noticed this in the pillows of my mother and my sister and they have incredible heads of hair.

Most adults have some degree of Androgenetic Alopecia at the hairline. And even those with absolutely no discernible hair loss have miniaturization leading into the hairline. That's just how it works. If it wasn't this way, children would have hairlines that looked like they were drawn on with a felt marker (like some artificial looking hair transplant's).

 

[Fundi]

It's the life cycle of the hair I believe.

Hair enters the 'telogen phase' it thins and falls out. The difference between us and your mother is, your mother's hair will regrow a new hair back at its original thickness, with balding people it often grows back thinner.

 

[rov]

I read in doctor rassman site that 20 per cent miniaturization is normal for people without baldness. What do you think?

 

[timbo]

The hairs that you are referring to are probably not miniaturized, rather they are hairs close to the hairline.

"The leading edge of any hairline has hairs that are often thinner than the hairs further back." -Dr. Rassman

http://www.baldingblog.com/2010/02/11/d ... lus-hairs/

 

[rov]

I am not referring to hairs from the hairline, I am refreing to hairs from all parts of the head

 

[cuebald]

If you find these hairs on pillows then how do you know which part of the head they came from?

 

[timbo]

If you find these hairs on pillows then how do you know which part of the head they came from?

He must have watched them fall out... :jackit:

 

[rov]

I know this because i have looked into my mothers and sisters scalp and sometimes you can find thinner hairs

 

[follicle84]

It's the life cycle of the hair I believe.

Hair enters the 'telogen phase' it thins and falls out. The difference between us and your mother is, your mother's hair will regrow a new hair back at its original thickness, with balding people it often grows back thinner.

Exactly what i was getting at. I dont think it can be explained better than this.