Measuring Scalp Infrastructure Recovery by the 'Thickness and Length' of Fallen Hair. Implementation Method of the 'Hair Cycle Normalization Data Sheet' via Chewing Intervention

The trap that the most amount of people fall into during thinning hair treatments and hair growth countermeasures is the “ambiguity and subjectification of effect measurement.”

Going back and forth between joy and despair looking only at “before-and-after photos (photos of the top of the head)” like you see in TV commercials, or “the number of fallen hairs in the drain (whether a whole bunch fell out or not)” when shampooing, is an act just as dangerous and unscientific as going back and forth between joy and despair looking only at the numbers on a scale when dieting. This is because it is normal for human hair to naturally fall out little by little every day (the telogen phase), and the highly noisy metric of the “total number of fallen hairs” easily fluctuates on a daily basis depending on stress and the frequency of hair washing.

In order to continue the fundamental and certain approach (increasing chewing count to restart the temporalis muscle pump and extinguish IL-6 inflammation) (E12, E13), a robust feedback system is required that visualizes (scores) the changes in the scalp environment (soil) as a super-leading indicator, rather than relying on uncertain “visual impressions.” That is the “Objective Hair Cycle Observation Data Sheet.”

Bugs in the Hair Cycle Are Imprinted on the “Shape of Fallen Hair”

The hair of a person with a healthy scalp infrastructure (a state where oxygen and nutrients are sufficiently distributed) fulfills a thick and long “anagen phase” over several years, and naturally falls out after completing its role (the “telogen effluvium,” where the hair is thick and the hair root swells roundly like a matchstick).

However, on a scalp where the temporalis muscle has stiffened, causing a lack of blood flow, and the catagen phase signals (such as IL-6) from micro-inflammation are on a rampage, the growth of hair is forcibly terminated in a few months to a year. By observing this “abnormal fallen hair (evidence of a bug)” with a loupe or a smartphone’s macro photography, you can accurately evaluate the current performance (operation rate) of your chewing pump function.

1. Observation Target: The Ratio of “Thin and Short Hairs” (Vellus Hair Rate)

• Randomly pick up 10 stray hairs dropped during shampooing or on your bedside, and line them up on a piece of white paper.
• Signs of Abnormality: If clearly “thin and short (vellus-like) fallen hairs” or “short hairs with a pointed tip (no evidence of being cut)” make up more than 20% of the total, it is conclusive proof that the hair cycle (anagen phase) has been extremely shortened (the scalp infrastructure has collapsed) (transition to the catagen phase related to E12).
• KPI Setting: Observe fallen hair on the morning of the first Sunday of every month, and continue to record (plot) this “percentage of short and thin fallen hair (%)” on the data sheet.

2. Observation of “Distortion (Inflammation Signals)” of the Hair Root

• Zoom in and check the base (hair bulb) of the fallen hair.
• Signs of Abnormality: While a healthy hair root is whitish and roundly swollen like a matchstick, a hair root whose sufficient nutritional supply has been cut off by inflammation (poor blood circulation) has a distorted shape, such as “having a tail attached,” “being thin and pointed (atrophied),” or “being blackish (abnormality in melanin pigment).”
• This is also an “SOS siren” indicating that the operation rate (masticatory force) of the temporalis muscle has decreased, and the blood flow pump to the head is not functioning.

Improvement of Leading Indicators Brought About by Chewing Intervention (Hard Texturization)

Several months after replacing meals with something hard (hard texturization) and starting the habit of chewing gum during work (chewing intervention protocol). The “sign of improvement” that you should anxiously wait for on your dashboard (data sheet) is not a vague feeling that your hair has increased.

It is “the steady decrease in the ratio of thin and short hairs (vellus hair) mixed in among the gathered fallen hairs” (blood flow improvement indicator in E13).

When the temporalis muscle pump operates powerfully through chewing, and the IL-6 inflammation is extinguished, your hair will once again regain an “anagen phase” spanning several years. At that time, all the fallen hairs dropping on your bedside should have transformed into “only hairs that are thick, black, long, and have magnificent hair roots.” The “certainty (evidence) of scalp condition improvement” does not lurk in the mirror, but rather in the micro-data of the fallen hair dropped at your feet.