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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Posts tagged "Hair Growth"
Hair grows about a centimeter a month, in a cycle of growing, resting and shedding that no product can speed up dramatically. These articles explain that cycle, what genuinely influences it, such as health, hormones and nutrition, and what is mostly myth. They focus on what you can control: keeping the scalp healthy and reducing breakage, so that the length you grow is the length you keep.
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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
Scalp Massage: How to Do It and What to Expect
A simple scalp massage method, what the limited research says about hair growth, and when massage is not a good idea.
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
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
Hair Shedding vs Breakage: Key Differences
Shed hairs fall from the root and broken hairs snap along the strand. Learn how to tell which you have and what each one needs.
By Sunil Dutt · 4 min read