On average, every person looses 100 hairs per day. The easiest way to monitor it, is to catch your hair that falls out in the shower/bath and keep it in plastic bags and then u can see if the hair loss is getting worse or better. Definite signs of alopecia will be visible thinning or balding spots around the scalp. Recommended products would be the Phillip Kingsley Stimulating Sclap Mask as well as the Phillip Kingsley Scalp Toner and Soy Protein Capsules.