The loss of hair in women is merely what happens to women who experience sudden excessive reduction in hair. Humans lose between 50 to 100 hairs each daily. The shedding of hair is part of equilibrium in nature -- certain hairs fall off while others grow. If the balance is disrupted -- that is, when hair sheds and less hair is growing in and hair loss occurs. The loss of hair is not the same as hair loss. The medical term used to describe the loss of hair is alopecia.
Hair grows on nearly all of your skin's surfaces and not just your palms and soles of your eyes, lips, or feet. The thin, light, short hair is known as Vellus hair. The hair that is called terminal/androgenic is thicker and darker in length.