How to Track Hair Loss Before a Dermatologist Visit
What to record before an appointment about hair loss: photos, shedding, a timeline of events, medicines and questions to ask.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read
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Hair Thinning & Breakage
Finding more hair in the brush is worrying, but shedding, thinning and breakage are different things with different causes. These guides explain how hair grows and sheds, why hair can thin after stress, illness or pregnancy, and how tight styles can damage the hairline. You will find practical ways to reduce split ends and breakage, an honest look at nutrition, and a guide to recording changes before you see a doctor or dermatologist, who can diagnose the cause.
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Hair Growth Cycle: How Hair Grows and Sheds
The phases every hair passes through, how fast hair grows, why shedding is normal and what can disturb the cycle.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read
Nutrition and Hair Health: Nutrients Your Hair Needs
The nutrients hair follicles depend on, the foods that supply them, and why supplements help only when you are actually short of something.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read
How to Reduce Hair Breakage When Brushing
The brushing habits that snap hair and the gentler method, tools and timing that protect it, for every hair type.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read
Split Ends: Causes and Ways to Reduce Breakage
What split ends are, why they cannot be repaired, how to trim them and the everyday habits that stop new ones forming.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read
Stress and Hair Loss: Understanding Telogen Effluvium
How physical or emotional stress leads to shedding two to three months later, how long it lasts and what helps recovery.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read
Postpartum Hair Loss: What to Expect After Pregnancy
Why hair sheds after having a baby, when it starts and stops, gentle care in the meantime and the signs that deserve a check-up.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read
Tight Hairstyles and Hair Loss: Understanding Traction Alopecia
How tight hairstyles cause hair loss, the early warning signs, which styles carry most risk and how to protect your hairline.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read
Hair Thinning: Causes and When to Get Help
The main reasons hair becomes thinner, how to recognize the pattern you have, and when to see a doctor about it.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read