Lose weight: Creating a calorie deficit that results in weight loss is hard work. Most recommendations say that to lose weight, you must exercise for at least an hour a day, five times a week. The type of exercise matters, too.
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. hair shaft. the nongrowing portion of a hair that protrudes from the skin, that is, from the follicle. hair shaft. The keratinized portion of a hair that extends from a hair follicle beyond the surface of the epidermis.
9. Heat-styling your hair on the reg. Fusco says that women will come to her explaining they have hair loss, when really they have something called trichorrhexis nodosa. This is a condition where damaged, weak points in the hair shaft cause hair to break off easily. The cause? Thermal damage to the hair from things like using hot tools and over-bleaching. Hair loss is not necessarily from the root but it's from somewhere along the shaft, she explains. 10. Over-processing your hair