Shedding: Understanding the Hair Growth Process

If you want to know why your hair sheds, you must first understand the hair growth process.Hair grows in a cycle that consists of three phases: Anagen, Catagen and TelogenAnagen - This is the growth phase that lasts between two and eight years. During the anagen phase the growth cells in the papilla rapidly divide and produce the hair shaft which becomes keratinized as it pushes up and out of the