The human hair care and growth and types of hair.

Our hair is very important to us. We spend hours caring for it styling it and thinking about it. The state of your hair can greatly affect your life as we've all heard lousy days referred to as "bad hair days." Becuase hair is so very important to us, losing your hair can be very traumatic. For years, people have watched as their hair thined and felt helpless. In today's world, we don't have to …

…and the hair root shrinks. As the base of the follicle breaks down, the hair moves upward in the follicle, away from the root. It also moves away from the blood vessel that is supplying it with nutrients. Telogen (Re-growth) Stage At this stage, the mature hair is now only loosely anchored to the hair root. After a few months, the hair falls out or is pushed out by the next hair growing beneath it.