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Does The Use Of Hard Water Cause Hair Loss?

I recently had a 2 week holiday where there is only bore water for showering. 2 weeks later I am at home and have suffered significant hair loss. My scalp is also itchy and I did lose a lot of hair while I was on my holiday. Foes hard water cause hair loss?
Tue, 18 Mar 2014
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Hi,

I can understand your concern for hair loss. Hair fall can be due to any long term illness or any emotional or stressful event and due to nutritional deficiency or hormonal influence.

I can make out that after illness or stress and nutritional dysfunction it is quite common to get hair fall because of change of nutritional and hormonal status.

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.

In yourself there was change of water and you can have hair fall due to the same.

Take care.
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Does The Use Of Hard Water Cause Hair Loss?

Hi, I can understand your concern for hair loss. Hair fall can be due to any long term illness or any emotional or stressful event and due to nutritional deficiency or hormonal influence. I can make out that after illness or stress and nutritional dysfunction it is quite common to get hair fall because of change of nutritional and hormonal status. 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. In yourself there was change of water and you can have hair fall due to the same. Take care.