Hair Cycling and Miniaturization

Question about the balding process…

My understanding of how we bald is that an individual hair follicle will start miniaturizing. It can go through many further cycles, but it will eventually become shorter, thinner, smaller and eventually non-existent. Is that correct?

If so, when we do see relatively thicker, longer and healthier looking hair shed/fall out, we shouldn’t assume that hair will never grow back, right? Rather, that’s just part of the natural cycle of hair growth.

Thanks in advance.

You are essentially correct. As it miniaturizes, hair becomes thinner and eventually ceases to regrow. Note the diagram on this page to see what miniaturization looks like in various stages.