It is this cycle that causes what we think of as every day hair loss -- most people lose between 50 to 100 hairs each day. And on days when we shampoo, we tend to lose more, says Amy McMichael, M.D., a professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Health.
1 Cells where infection or other damage is occurring release substances like histamine that dilate the arterioles and thus increase blood flow in the area. [ 2  Link to discussion of inflammation. ]. 3  In most of the body, the flow of blood through a capillary is controlled by the arteriole supplying it.ontrol of the Capillary Beds. An adult human has been estimated to have some 60,000 miles (96,560 km) of capillaries with a total surface area of some 800â1000 m 2 (an area greater than three tennis courts). The total volume of this system is roughly 5 liters, the same as the total volume of blood.
The increased blood flow is the product of local, nervous, and hormonal regulatory mechanisms. When skeletal muscle is resting, only 20% to 25% of the capillaries are open, whereas during exercise 100% of the capillaries are open.