How to count your Hair loss

Detecting hair loss is essential to avoid scarring that may lead to permanent balding on localised areas. Some times, the cause of hair loss could be due to the weight of the long hair, while others could be due to stress or even serious hair conditions (eg. lichen planus).

Hair counting method
To count your hair lost, you can collect your hair lost in your combs, hair brushes, bedroom, bathroom, toilet. You should remove all hair strands in that area before use to ensure that the hair belongs to you.

Collect the hair strands each day over 3 days. Examine the hair and separate those with the hair roots intact from those without. Those without the hair roots means that the hair loss is due to hair breakage and not true hair loss; True hair loss should include the hair roots. Divde each by three to obtain the daily rate of hair breakage or hair loss.

The daily hair loss should be within 50 to 100 hair strands but for the above method, if it exceeds 50 strands, it may indicate possible hair loss problem and you should consult the specialist for further diagnosis on your hair. As for the hair breakage, if there are more than 30 hair strands per day, you should also consult your doctor or hairdresser.

Counting on the possibility of excessive Hair Loss
Please note that this above method is only one of the ways to check for possible excessive hair loss and breakage and not a confirmatory diagnosis. But it is definitely one easy way to determine if you should spend the dollar to consult the hair doctor for advise.