COSMEDICLIST - AUG. 17TH, 2017 Everyone loses hair. It is a normal part of the hair cycle. The average person sheds 50 – 100 hairs a day, with new ones growing back in their place. According to the American Hair Loss Association, up to 40% of women and 65% of men by age 60, have experienced excessive hair loss. Why does this happen, are there ways of preventing it and how can it be treated? CMDL asks Dr Sheetal Sapra of ICLS in Oakville, Ontario all about hair loss.