2006-08-09 14:02:25 · 6 answers · asked by Jen 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
About 90 percent of the hair on most people's scalps is in a two- to six-year growth (anagen) stage at any given time. The other 10 percent is in a two- to three-month resting (telogen) phase, after which time it is shed. Most people shed 50 to 150 hairs a day. Once a hair is shed, the growth stage begins again as a new hair from the same follicle replaces the shed hair. New hair grows at a rate of approximately one-half inch each month.
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00278.html
Many people shed more hair in autumn. Therefore, they think that hair are more vulnerable in autumn. In fact, it is not true at all. Strictly speaking, more hair shedding in autumn is mainly the sequel of hot summer. In summer, hair experience many sorts of damages. For instance, people love to go swimming. Both magnesium and iron in the sea water are harmful to hair. Moreover, sweating occurs more often under the hot sun which increases the burden of the scalp. Therefore, in early autumn, hair begin to shed.
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2006-08-09 14:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by skip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans shed their skin everyday, minutely.
2006-08-09 14:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
shed their hair? yes, they do to some extent. shed clothes? yes, they do to some extent. Shed what?
2006-08-09 14:07:35 · answer #3 · answered by canary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some more than others. Original man - not that much!
2006-08-09 14:13:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you misspelled the word shed, its sh_t. and the answer is yes.
2006-08-09 14:07:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, one layer a month.
2006-08-11 12:37:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋