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According to Aanchal Panth, Dermatologist, there are various reasons for hairfall and different cases are evaluated differently depending on the health condition.
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She wrote on her post, "First, let’s talk about how we came to this number of 100 strands."
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Normally, there are 100,000 hair follicle on scalp. Hair grows in cycles.
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Most (>90%) are growing few are shedding and few are stagnant.
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It is considered that 0.1% are in shedding phase daily. So losing 100 strands a day is normal.
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However, when you have fewer than 1,00,000 hair strands. If you have balding or thinning of hair with visible scalp, then losing 100 strands is not normal.