Rid The House of Falling Hair

Cleaning day thursdays. Not a dreaded day for me, but indeed a feared day for all the dust and the craps in and out of the house. Dust is manageable. Dirt is tolerable. But what I cower so much about is when I started sweeping the floor, and would battle against the strands of hair lazily hatched on every corner of my crib. Indeed all these hair came from my head, but is it really natural to have such a number of plummeted hair?

Here are the facts:

• Alopecia is the medical term use for "baldness"

• Hair Growth in human goes through 3 different phases
  

1. Anagen Phase: Growing stage of the hair. This happens every 2-5 years. Almost 90% of the hair is in this stage. The length of thie anagen phase determines how long you may possibly grow your hair.
2. Catagen Phase: Transition stage. It happens around 2-3 weeks and about 1% of the hair is in this phase.
3. Telogen Phase: Resting Phase. Occurs for around 3-4 months and approximately 10-15% of the hair is in this stage.

• The average normal hair follicle in a human head is about 100,000. Still varies on the ethnicity. On average, blondes have the highest density of hair: 140,000 hair follicles, redheads the lowest at 90,000 follicles, and those with black hair have on average 110,000 follicles.

• It is normal to lose hair through our daily hair care, but what is "normal" varies from person to person, and therefore so does what is "excessive". The denser your hair, and the shorter your anagen cycle the more hair you will normally lose per day.

• So in computation: for example you are an average indiviual having 100,000 hair follicle, divide it by 3 phases for 3 years (100,000/3). This means, 33,000 hair is replaced every year, and roughly 33,000/365 around 91 hairs falling everyday is but normal.
  

• Common Forms of Hair Loss: Androgenetic alopecia, Traumatic Alopecia, Drug-induced alpecia and Alopecia Areata.
  

• Hair thinning that could have been caused by androgenetic alopecia is a gene train that is inherited from both parents.

• Hair loss typically begins between the ages of 12 and 40.

• The only drug approved for promoting hair growth in women is Minoxidil

Thus, if you are worried about the hair fall you get, start counting all the strands you see on the floor each time you sweep, and from there reconcile if you are still normal or you need urgent consultation with a physician.

On another note, on cleaning the ridding your house of this unstoppable stubborn hair strands, it is best to always use a rag that has the capacity to cause the excessive static friction between dirt, dust and the cloth. It is best to use a cloth that is of cotton flannel quality. The fabric type will ensure that you get all the strands there exist. Plus the flannel characterisitc, will allow all the electron charges from the hair+dust+dirt to not oppose, but to attract each other. In addition, the use of apple cider vinegar plus detergent will prove to ease the pain of having to deal with all these implacable excrement scattered around the house.