One of the most common questions I hear is, “What sort of hair loss do I have?” There is a huge amount of information available, and hair loss is a very complex subject.

The following is the first of 4 small articles about the basics of hair loss, to give people a better basic understanding of the mechanisms behind hair growth and hair loss, possible causes, and treatments that might work for different types of hair loss. The next three articels in the series will follow soon. They will cover DHT and Androgenetic Alopecia, Other Forms of Alopecia and causes of Hair Loss, and Prescription Treatments for Hair Loss.