Hair Life Cycles

Everyone of us has a different life cycle for the hairs on our heads.  Which is one great reason for NOT getting your hair permed or dyed just because "everyone else is doing it".

Hair growth comes in three stages:
1)  The Growing Phase
2)  The Transitional Phase
3)  The Resting Phase

Growing - The professional name for this phase is the Anagen Stage.  The growing stage can last up to 1000 days or more before this stage is complete. This is the first stage and each strand must come from a hair bulb that lies deep inside the scalp. Over time as the hair grows out it grows up and later through the scalp and continues to grow. This particular phase can last anywhere between two to six years.

Transitional -   The professional name of the next phase is the Catagen phase, where the hair has grown out of the scalp and continues to grow long.  This stage generally lasts about two to three weeks.  During this time, one to two percent of scalp hairs are in this phase of moving from the base of the follicle bulb to the surface of the scalp.  This is a crucial time when your hair needs healthy maintenance products.

Resting - The Telogen phase (professional name) lasts for 100 days. This is the new hair stage where you can notice new growth on your hair. During this phase, the old hair is pushed out so the new hair can grow to its fullest potential.  At any given time, ten to fifteen percent of the scalp hairs are in this phase.

Each stage of hair growth is important to each strand of hair. This natural cycle can be stopped when the follicle becomes blocked or if hair growth is not promoted in some way.  At any given time about 85 percent of hair is growing and 15 percent is resting, but as people age, their rate of hair growth slows.  The average adult head has about 100,000 to 150,000 hairs and loses up to 100 of them a day; so finding a few stray hairs in your comb or on your hairbrush is not necessarily cause for alarm.


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