Hair plays a major part in how we perceive ourselves and other.   Men that are bald or balding are perceived as less attractive, less assertive, less successful and older.

Women with hair loss typically try to disguise it from everyone and they tend to worry that their hair loss is a symptom of a more serious illness.  Most women that have abnormal hair loss feel helpless and less attractive.

In order to completely understand hair and how it can be lost, we need to go over the basics components of hair, including structure, type porosity and growth.