Spotted a few extra hairs on your
hairbrush or when you're washing your locks?
Before you start worrying that you're going bald, consider the
effect the time of year has on your barnet.
In a study published in the journal Dermatology, the scientists
followed more than 800 healthy women over six years and found that
they lost the most hair in the autumn months.
They tracked 800 women over six months and found autumn was the
prime time for hair loss.
The Swedish researchers found that women had the highest proportion
of resting hairs in July — with the telogen state in most of them
ending around 100 days later, from October onwards.
The life cycle of a human hair is between two and six years, with
90% of hair in the growth stage while the remaining 10% is in the
resting stage before it falls out.
The resting stage lasts around two to six months, then after the
hair falls out the hair follicle rests for three months before the
life cycle starts up again.
The team found women had the most "resting" hairs in July, which
meant they started falling out around 100 days later in October.
It is believed that the body holds onto hair during the summer as a
way of protecting the scalp from hot sun and damaging rays.
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