- Once follicles are dead, nothing can be done. (dormant vs dead) with hair and scalp specialist Trichologist Brisbane.
Myth.
It takes a lot to kill a hair follicle. The most common causes of hair loss and hair thinning leave the hair follicle dormant, not functioning at a cellular level. A dead follicle is from long term hair problems or autoimmune conditions or traction types of alopecia. Once the hair follicle losses its blood supply, which will take years unless a unique type of autoimmune alopecia, they can close and die. This is unusual and for male and female pattern hair thinning, can take years, so there is much time to do something about it and prevent hair follicles from dying.