The Health of Your Hair Reveals Your Health

The Health of Your Hair Reveals Your Health : Many doctors use the hair as an indicator of just how healthy you are. Hair is one of the fastest growing cells in the body, and reflects the current state of your health. Hair loss could mean a medical condition such as iron-deficiency anemia or diabetes. A few medications such as birth control pills can also affect women and cause them to lose their hair. However, in instances where a significant amount of hair is lost, it is recommended that you contact your doctor immediately.

The Health of Your Hair Reveals Your Health

If you have iron or protein deficiency it is not unusual to experience severe hair loss. Malnutrition forces the body to conserve protein, the building block of all the body’s cells, including the hair, by shutting down hair growth. Since more hair might also be shed without being replaced the result can be a noticeable thinning over several months. Thyroid disease (both an overactive thyroid and an underactive one) can also cause increased hair loss. Once the disease is controlled, hair growth can usually be restored.

Unhealthy hair strands can also be an indicator of poor diet. Without an adequate protein diet, growing hair strands will not become as strong and resilient as they should be. Essential fatty acids found in fish oil supplements, wild salmon, and flax seeds might also play a role in keeping strands strong, shiny and healthy. Of course, what you eat can only impact hair that is just starting to grow, so it will be several months before any improvements are evident. In addition, thinning hair may indicate a toxic buildup in your system, and dandruff may indicate increased stress levels.

For more information about how your hair can reveal how sick or healthy you are, please contact the DermHair Clinic in Los Angeles at (310)318-1500, or visit our website.