Will Your Resolution Result in Hair Loss?

Last updated 4 months ago

Is your New Years resolution to drop a few pounds about to affect your hair line? Before you cast out the carbohydrates and banish the bacon, read this carefully: Crash diets may lead to hair loss! As the name implies, "crash diets" shock the body. The human body is designed to react to shock by compensating in some way. If you suddenly deprive your body of essential nutrients, your body may not react kindly.

Crash dieting can deprive your body and hair of required daily nutrients, such as protein, vitamins B12 and B6, iron, vitamins A, C, E, and necessary electrolytes. Without these important nutrients in your blood stream feeding the ravenous hair follicles, hair strands may become fragile, look lifeless, and even fall out.

Hair loss associated with crash dieting is Telogen Effluvium. Your hair's growth cycle includes a prolonged growing phase, called anagen, and a much shorter resting phase named telogen. When the telogen phase of a follicle is completed, its hair strand falls out and a new one begins to grow. All of the details of this process can be found in this original blog post by our Transitions International Partner, MHN Hair Restoration. Click here to read "If You Crash Diet Now, You May Have Hair Loss Later".

As we've discussed before, inadequate nutrition is one of the main factors in hair loss. The best bet is to avoid crash dieting. That includes diets that focus on one food, such as cabbage, or banana diets. Weight loss from crash dieting is seldom long lasting, anyway. It is best to plan ahead and choose a sensible diet. If you have only a few days to lose pounds for an event, you are better off wearing a suit or dress that already fits, than to shock your follicles into going on strike.

Whatever your New Years Resolution may be, New Look Institute would like to wish you a year of happiness, health and prosperity. If 2012 has you questioning the reasons for your hair loss, you know where to find help. Don't let another year slip by without taking action, schedule your free consultation online today and save $250! If you prefer call anytime at 408-279-4247.