Vitamin D And Hair Loss

Is There A Connection with Vitamin D And Hair Loss?

Vitamin D and hair loss may be connected. Research shows that women dealing with alopecia areata and other forms of hair loss usually have much lower vitamin d levels than women who do not have hair loss.

Symptoms Of Vitamin D Deficiency

Symptoms of vitamin d deficiency can include the following attributes:

wounds healing slowly
loss of bone density
chronic pain
hair loss
getting fractures easily and frequently
feelings of anxiety
feelings of depression
high blood pressure
being tired constantly

Benefits Of Vitamin D

Here are some benefits of taking vitamin d.

keeps bones healthy
you get healthy skin
a 2012 study in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine says that vitamin d can create new hair follicles that were once loss and could actually start to get little pores to grow new hair.
get thicker hair growth per square inch on scalp
stimulates hair growth
helps the health of teeth
regulates insulin levels and helps manage diabetes
helps support lung health
helps the health of brain and nervous system
improves immune health in body

What Is Vitamin D

To help you understand more about how vitamin d and hair loss are connected lets take a look at what vitamin d is.

Vitamin d is actually a pro-hormone and not technically a vitamin even though that is the name we give it.

Because female hair loss is commonly caused by a hormone imbalance due to situations that occur in our lives because of the following list:

pregnancy
menopause
diet
stress to name a few hormone imbalance causes.

This hormone vitamin can help balance women's hormones which in turn will help stop hair loss and create hair growth. Please but don't take more than what your doctor recommends, seek your physicians advice.

Sources Of Vitamin D

Our body does not naturally create vitamin d so we must get it from outside sources such as the following methods:

Food:

salmon
grains
orange juice
milk
mushrooms

Supplements such as:

vitamin d
vitamin d3 (is what I personally use)

Sunshine but please don't over due this. A study found that 30 minutes of midday summer sun exposure in Norway was the same equivalent to consuming 10,000–20,000 IU of vitamin D.

Remember taking too much vitamin d can lead to fatigue due to having too much calcium in your blood. This can lead to kidney problems, so please know that less is more! Please take whats recommended by your doctor.

Just for reference I wanted to share this quick story with you, my readers.

I was cutting my dad's hair and I noticed his hair was thinning and I asked him, "have you been taking your vitamins?" He replied "no."

Next time I cut his hair (which was about one month or two later) I noticed his hair was thicker. So I said to him, "Dad, you have been taking your vitamins haven't you!" he said "yes, how did you know!"

So here is his list of vitamins and how often he takes them.

vitamin d3: once or twice a week
vitamin c: once a day
vitamin b12: every day
vitamin b complex: once a week
I noticed he is inconsistent with taking them which is probably best
This works best for him, your cause of hair loss may not even be vitamin deficiency

Please ask your doctor how much IU's if needed you should take because it depends on where you live too. We get alot of sun here in California.

What works for someone may not work for everyone.