Vitamn Deficiency and Female Hair Loss
C. Gray
There are several types of vitamins that are key to helping hair grow healthy and to prevent hair loss. If you are facing a nutritional deficiency that is causing you to suffer from hair loss, these vitamins are the most important ones to get back into your diet. The intake would also lessen the possibility of hair loss. These vitamins are vitamin A, E and B and they are all significant in keeping hair healthy.
Vitamin A keeps the hair moist by helping secrete sebum in the scalp. This is a requirement for healthy hair growth as the sebum keeps the hair away from dryness. This dryness happens to be the first step towards female hair loss, so for healthy hair, there must be a sufficient amount of vitamin A, which is also an anti oxidant.
If the hair loss strikes after a change of medication, then it is easy to figure out that the hair loss is due to a side effect of the medication. But many times there are underlying reasons for hair loss that go undetected. One such hair loss is a deficiency related hair loss. Malnutrition or deficiency of nutrients and vitamins can easily cause hair loss. In fact, hair loss may be one of the first tell-tale signs that there is a nutrition problem.
Hair follicles require vitamins to carry on their constant growth cycle. Follicles that are deprived of nutrients will cease to function and hair will not only stop growing, it will soon begin to fall out without any new growth to replace the falling out hairs. Most often this hair loss is due to a poor diet or disturbed metabolism. A change in dietary habits or food intake is completely necessary to ensure the proper amount and kinds of nutrients are being taken in order to prevent hair loss and help regenerate hair growth.
Vitamins A, E and B are the most significant in keeping hair healthy and growing. Vitamin A keeps the hair moist by helping the sebum secrete moisture in the scalp. This is a requirement for healthy hair growth as the sebum keeps the hair away from dryness or brittleness that can cause breakage or damage.
When you suffer from a vitamin deficiency it can be corrected by simply adding the right vitamin to your diet. You can also take vitamin supplements daily in order to supply the body with the right amount of vitamins. Maybe mom and dad was on to something when they would make their children eat their veggies.
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The health of a woman's hair can very well be determined on whether she is vitamin deficient. When a deficiency does exist female hair loss is one big indicator.
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