📝COMMON CAUSES OF HAIR LOSS: 1️⃣ Nutrient deficiencies 2️⃣ Low thyroid function 3️⃣ Low/imbalanced sex hormones (✅💉STUDY re lower conversion to DHT w/ injectable Testosterone vs transdermal: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4245724/ ) 4️⃣ Inflammation 5️⃣ Infection/illness 6️⃣ Poor sleep 7️⃣ Chronic stress 8️⃣ Medications9️⃣ Infrequent hair washing/product build up 🔟 Poor blood flow (STUDIES on Tadalafil for hair loss: ✅ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30292404/ ✅ https://dexa.ai/huberman?q=How+does+tadalafil+work+for+hair+loss%3F&type=example)

🔬LABS TO REQUEST FROM YOUR PROVIDER TO ID ROOT CAUSE(S) OF HAIR LOSS: 1️⃣ CBC w/auto diff & platelets, Serum Iron, Ferritin, TIBC, UIBC, % Sat 2️⃣ Comprehensive Metabolic Panel 3️⃣ HbA1C 4️⃣ Insulin 5️⃣ Lipid panel 6️⃣ TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, TPO + TG antibodies 7️⃣ Estradiol, Progesterone, Testosterone Free & Total + SHBG, DHT, DHEA, Pregnenolone 8️⃣ Vitamin B12 9️⃣ Vit D3 25-OH🔟 AM Cortisol - Have labs drawn as close to 1st thing in the morning as possible 1️⃣1️⃣ HsCRP 1️⃣2️⃣ Homocysteine 1️⃣3️⃣ IF ON HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL/THE PILL - Serum Copper and Serum Zinc

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