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Each hair goes through phases of growing, resting, and shedding. Not all of the hairs on our body are in the same phase at the same time. This is why several treatments are required to achieve the desired result of permanent hair reduction.

The three phases of hair growth are called growth (anagen), cessation (catagen), and rest (telogen).

Anagen is the stage at which hairs are in active growth and when melanin synthesis occurs. In addition, anagen hairs are attached to the papilla and at maximum depth within the dermis
Catagen is the stage at which hair growth is arrested but the hair continues to be nourished from the papilla
Telogen is the stage at which hair growth ceases altogether, the hair detaches from the papilla and contracts to almost one-third its original depth. The hair then falls out and the process begins once more starting with the early anagen phase.