Brief Answer:
Humble request to send details of your problem.

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX

Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.

I can understand your concern for the hair fall from last 2 months. It is really disturbing and distressing especially for females to get excessive hair fall.

In view to help you best I request you to kindly provide certain important points:

- Since how long you have hair fall problem. I can see it is in excess from last 2 months but can you elaborate was it present in mild to moderate form before 2 months also.

- Do you see hair on pillow or bathroom or during combing too.

- Do you see thinning of hair too.

- Any history of illness in last 1 year or any stress or related issue in past 1 year.

- Tell me about your personal history- married/unmarried. If married then last pregnancy and menstrual history.

- Tell me about your daily routine, dietary routine and occupation.


Hope to hear soon from your side.

With regards,

Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY

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Brief Answer:
Telogen effluvium- Diet and good routine.

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX

Welcome again and thanks for sharing your important details and observations of the query.

After analyzing your query completely, I can make out that you have the problem of "Telogen effluvium".

To tell you simply about "Telogen effluvium" let me explain you some medical facts regarding it:

We have a hair cycle divided into three parts:

1. Growing phase (Anagen): more than 85 -90 % of hair are in this phase.

2. Senescence phase(Catagen): around less than 10 % of hair are in this phase and is the phase before falling.

3. Falling phase (Telogen ): a very few percentage of hair. We have almost 1 lac hair on our scalp and amongst them few percent of hair are in falling phase and then another 0.1% (around 50-100) of hair can fall everyday.

In certain conditions such as improper nutrition or mild to moderate work stress, some more of the hair may come in falling phase.

This is a slow process and actually starts any time after 3-6 months of the basic issue. So if we talk about you then it might have had started almost 6 months back and presently you are experiencing the acute side of hair fall. Though there are so many other reasons of telogen effluvium bit in your case it appears to be simple diet issue and mild work stress.

Additionally when we see more hair fall, there is more stress and then it sometimes becomes a vicious cycle.

So the first and foremost of the thing to be done form your side is to reduce your stress level. The next important thing is to make your diet best.

For the betterment kindly follow the suggestions below:

1. Eat at least 3-4 different fruits saplings per day. Every fruit is good but you can make a combination of sour with sweet fruits such as oranges, papaya and other of seasonal fruits.

2. Pulses are good source of proteins. So everyday have a small bowel full of mixed pulses. Add green leafy vegetables additionally in the pulses which contain lot of iron and vitamins in it.

3. Sprouts are the best source of fibres, minerals especially iron, vitamins and proteins too. So add it at-least alternate day if you cannot make in every-day's part of meal.

4. Overnight soaked and peeled almonds will give you good vitamin E which is good for the hair growth.

5. Milk and milk products should be included in every-day's schedule.

6. Do light exercises, reduce your stress as all these have bit impact on skin so also on scalp skin.

If I were your dermatologist then would have prescribed you tablet containing Acetylcysteine, Calcium Pantothenate, Selenium, Zinc, Biotin, Copper as active ingredients. You can take these vitamins in the form of biotin, calicium pantothenate and other vitamin B complexes. Other than this an iron supplementation in diet and in tablet form is also helpful.

A latest of hair serum containing Acetyl Tetra peptide- 3, Biochanin A, Inositol & ethyl panthenol can be used. All of these bio-chemicals helps in moisturizes hair & also prevents stress induced hair loss. These also improves hair anchoring and makes hair thicker.

Let me reassure you that it remains for few months to multiple months and if properly cared then becomes alright in next few months. Hair fall control takes atleast minimum 3-6 months so have patience and follow good diet and daily routine to get best hair growth again.

Hope these informations will help you. If you have further queries I will be happy to help.

"Wish you good health"

Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology)

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