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Are Low-Carb Diets Bad for Your Hair?

It’s one of the most talked about diets: low-carb.   But, are low-carb diets good for women’s health? And, can eating low-carb have a negative ...
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Postpartum Hair Loss

Hair loss following pregnancy is called postpartum hair loss (or postpartum telogen effluvium) and is a very common concern among women.   A lot of ...
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Is Menopausal Hair Loss A Root Cause?

It’s a question I get asked frequently: Is menopausal hair loss a root cause?     Many of the female clients I work with who ...
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Alopecia Areata: A Deep Dive, Part 3

This. Is. Important. A root cause approach to hair loss requires us to acknowledge: 1) Hair loss is a symptom of inflammation, 2) In order ...
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Alopecia Areata: A Deep Dive, Part 2

It’s easy to mistake hair loss (including alopecia areata, autoimmune hair loss) as a topical issue rather than seeing it for what it really is: ...
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Alopecia Areata: A Deep Dive, Part 1

I’ve been talking about this for a while now: hair loss is a symptom of inflammation.   This is true no matter the diagnosis you’ve ...
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11 Causes of Decreased Appetite (and How It May Harm Your Hair)

We know that our hair growth process is very energy demanding – and, where do we get our energy from? From the foods we eat! ...
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Is Hair Loss Reversible?

It’s by far the most common question I receive: Is my hair loss reversible? And, it’s an important question so I want to address it ...
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Post-Birth Control Hair Loss

Why did my hair loss start after I stopped hormonal birth control?     Nope, it’s not just in your head. Hair loss can sometimes ...
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Heart Rate Variability and Hair Loss

We know that stress is bad for our hair. High levels of stress (and especially prolonged or chronic stress) can lead to excessive hair loss ...
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Hair Loss After Stopping Birth Control? Could Be Androgen Rebound.

Our hormones play a very influential role on our hair growth and have the ability to increase or decrease the rate that new hairs grow ...
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Why Hormone Tests Can Sometimes Be Misleading

Typically, when we are talking about hair loss and hormones, we are only focused on the hormones themselves (or hopefully that plus what some potential ...