See How Each Hair Cycle Impacts Your Hair.
See How Each Hair Cycle Impacts Your Hair.
Did you know the hair follicle has three fascinating cycles? Each phase plays a crucial role in the life of your hair, from growth to shedding and renewal.
Dive into the intriguing world of hair growth cycles and discover how these phases impact the health and vitality of your locks.
The Growth Engine of Hair
The first phase, known as the anagen phase, is when hair follicles are most active. Hair in this stage rapidly divides creating new hair growth. Hair shafts and follicles are healthy and thriving and usually, about 80% of follicles are in the anagen phase.
Duration: 2 to 7 years
Characteristics: Active hair growth occurs as cells in the root of the hair divide rapidly. The length of this phase determines the maximum length of hair.
The Resting Period of Your Hair
The telogen phase is the second stage of the hair growth cycle. It is a resting period where new hairs begin to grow beneath hairs that are about to be shed.
Duration: 2 to 3 weeks
Characteristics: Hair growth stops, and the hair follicle shrinks. The lower part of the follicle is destroyed, and the dermal papilla breaks away and rests.
The Shift in Hair Growth
Catagen is the end of the cycle for hair follicles, it is short and is a transitional phase where hair stops growing, detaches from the plasma supply, and eventually sheds. Hair in telogen and catagen phases is destined to be shed. After being shed new hair comes through the hair follicles. This life cycle occurs at different stages for hair throughout the scalp, which is why we don’t routinely lose patches of hair at the same time. However, any condition that affects the proportions of these stages is perceived as hair shedding.
Duration: 2 to 4 months
Characteristics: The hair follicle is inactive, and the hair is eventually shed. Following this phase, the follicle re-enters the anagen phase to produce new hair.
Understanding the hair growth cycle is one thing, recognizing when something is wrong is another. Normal shedding loses around 50–100 hairs per day as part of the natural cycle. But when the anagen phase shortens, or too many follicles enter the telogen phase at once, you start to notice real thinning.
Common signs the cycle has been disrupted include more hair than usual on your pillow or in the shower, a widening part, a receding hairline, or thinning at the crown.
Several factors can push follicles out of the anagen phase prematurely, including genetics, hormonal changes, stress, nutritional deficiencies, and certain medical conditions. The most common cause is androgenetic alopecia — pattern hair loss in men and women — which gradually miniaturizes follicles until they stop producing hair altogether.
The good news: many causes are treatable, and the earlier you act, the more options you have.
At Springs Hair Restoration, Dr. Zack Charkawi evaluates your specific hair loss pattern and cycle disruption to recommend the most effective path forward, whether that's a non-surgical approach to support follicle health, or a hair transplant in Atlanta to restore areas where follicles are no longer active.
Options include:
FUE & FUT Hair Transplants — permanent surgical restoration
Non-Surgical Solutions — evidence-based treatments to support the growth cycle
Free Consultation — personalized evaluation with Dr. Charkawi
Our offices, located in Sandy Springs and Johns Creek, are easily accessible to patients in the Metro Atlanta and Greater Atlanta areas, including Atlanta, Alpharetta, Cumming, Roswell, Duluth, Dunwoody, Marietta, and more nearby cities.
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