Vitamin-D Deficiency affecting hair growth

 Vitamin-D Deficiency affecting hair growth

With aging, women's hair growth can slow down and lead to an increase in thinning. Vitamin D has been proven to boost hair growth and decrease hair loss. This is in part to the role that vitamin D plays in controlling the hair growth cycle. Vitamin D has also shown to help in decreasing swelling that can also affect hair loss. Women who have vitamin D deficiencies have a higher likelihood of experiencing significant hair loss and delayed hair growth. Research shows that vitamin D supplements could boost hair growth and limit hair loss due to aging. 

The reason I have chosen this article was because it focuses on how vitamin D deficiency has affected many females' hair growth. The age that this experiment focused on was from ages 18 to 45 years old. I found it interesting that the researchers looked at two different variables, not just vitamin D. I believe that the serum ferritin and the vitamin D worked hand in hand, which made the outcome to be more precise. The researchers also found that screening women for telogen effluvium (TE) and female pattern hair loss (FPHL) and giving them supplements during times of deficiency can prove beneficial. 

The researchers in this experiment found that there are many factors in hair loss, and they select to focus on vitamin D and serum benefits by using different scientific methods of research. The use of serums and vitamin D supplementation has effectively helped females with different backgrounds that had abnormal hair cycles. In order to test this experiment, the researchers controlled the environment by conducting the research during the summer.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23428658/

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