Article: M2: The root of hair loss in both sexes; Since launching our hair advice column in M2 a year ago, many queries have come in from women regarding the distressing condition of hair loss. Today columnist Stuart Crown devotes an extended column to this subject.(Features)

Byline: Stuart Crown

BEFORE we discuss the different types of hair loss we need to establish something - as many women complain of hair loss as men.

This may come as a surprise to men, but not to women. It is only the amount of loss that differs - women rarely go bald. The thickness of each individual hair has a tendency to get finer and shorter as we get older over successive cycles. And its reproductive rate slows. This is the hair's natural ageing process.

We all lose some hairs naturally each day by brushing, combing, shampooing etc. It is ...

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