Hair Loss in the Fall: Here’s Why It Happens
glamour.com. If that’s you, first here’s some good news: You’re not alone.“Toward the fall, we see many more women coming to us for help with hair loss,” Christian Merkel, MD, a dermatologist in Munich, tells Glamour. “If this is the first time their hair has fallen out, they can be very worried and be looking for answers.”Here’s why experts think this phenomenon occurs, and what you can do about it.“The so-called seasonal hair loss occurs frequently, especially in women,” says Dr.
Merkel. ”And it actually happens at the same time of year, in late summer or fall.”The exact cause is not entirely clear, but there are some theories.“In evolutionary terms, our hair is still our coat,” Dr.
Merkel notes. “And at the change of season, just as in animals, we can experience a change of coat.”Anther idea is that seasonal hair loss may be buried in your DNA.“Since hair loss recurs every year in many women, the assumption is that this is anchored in their genetics,” he says.It’s all theories at this point, but it could be linked to how our hair grows.“Falling hair in the fall is also related to the growth phases of the hair,” the dermatologist says. “Every hair goes through two growth phases: the living phase and the resting phase.”In the living phase (anagen phase), hair grows for years.
And 90% of our hair is in the anagen phase. The other 10% is in the resting phase (telogen phase), which lasts about two to four months.
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