Hair Miniaturisation
Hair miniaturisation what is it? And how does it impact hair loss? Our hair follicle is sensitive to internal and external changes. Therefore any changes in our diet, stress level, drugs, health, and living environment play a role in the miniaturisation of our hair follicles. Genetics also comes in the picture for many men and women.
What is miniaturisation of hair?
Simply, the hair follicle reduces in size by producing smaller, finer hair. When a healthy terminal hair goes through the normal life cycle, we have fuller, thicker more beautiful hair. When the terminal hair goes through a reduced lifecycle, we have a more miniaturised hair.
And, as each life cycle occurs more rapidly, we can expect to see the hair becoming more miniaturised, eventually regressing to Vellus hair. The shallowly rooted vellus hair, due to a shorter life cycle, does not get the chance to mature into deep-rooted terminal hair.
Terminal hair is thicker, stronger and better able to be styled. It’s deep rooted and closer to the nourishment from the blood supply. The terminal hair also remains in the anagen stage much longer than vellus hair. When the hair’s life cycle is shortened, thick luscious hair will be replaced with finer, miniaturised hair.
Miniaturised hairs are easily epilated from the scalp, interrupting the hair life cycle and increasing the potential that new hair may not grow back.