How much hair does a non-balding person lose a day?

[roman83]

Just wondering cause when ever i take a shower.. i soap my head up and i kinda work it in there but when im done i look at my hands and count like 20 hairs on my hand...... but most ive ever seen on my pillow when i wake up is 4 if that.

Just wondering if im loseing a lot or not or if it is normal

Thanks.

 

[Axon]

Sounds normal. I believe the average fallout rate for a man is 50-150 hairs a day.

Further, hair fallout has little to do with male pattern baldness.

 

[zaireeka]

am i not right in thinking that how many hairs fall out is largely irrelevant? since MBP is thinning the follicles until no hair grows any more, rather than actually making more hair fall out.

 

[bombscience]

quality, not quantity.... that is my motto. if i see hairs that are thinning i get pissed, but if they're healthy and the shed i dont care.

 

[roman83]

ooooooooo.. guess i should get my ducks in a row

 

[Axon]

am i not right in thinking that how many hairs fall out is largely irrelevant? since MBP is thinning the follicles until no hair grows any more, rather than actually making more hair fall out.

Correct, unless you are losing large clumps of hair, which would be unnatural hair loss anyway.

 

[vodka by the gallon]

so if i am seeing smaller,shorter hairs on my head that are sharp or thinner towards the top and thicker towards the bottom would you say that would be a good sighn of healthy regrowth?

 

[hopewas]

does it really matter how much hair someone loses.. some people lose more hair than others..what matters if the hair regrows or not. just because you shed a lot of hair doesn't mean it's not going to regrow..at least not in my situation..when you wash your hair every day less hair falls out..but if you do it every other day,, more hair sheds..you guys need to keep this in mind when you think you're losing more hair than usual

 

[bombscience]

so if i am seeing smaller,shorter hairs on my head that are sharp or thinner towards the top and thicker towards the bottom would you say that would be a good sighn of healthy regrowth?

yes