Dr. Michelle Henry
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 25 Feb
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You know, it's hard because a lot of hair loss conditions don't have identifiable markers in the blood.
However, most women have more than one reason for hair loss.
So even if you have female pattern, I take blood work on every patient because I want to make sure that you're metabolically optimized, that your nutrition is optimal.
Because again, our hair is so sensitive.
So if any of those things are not quite right, you're likely going to lose hair.
So we do do that just to optimize it, but there aren't a ton of things.
Some of the markers I do look for, however, are your ANA, which is a screening test for autoimmune conditions.
I look at your prolactin.
So I've identified a lot of women with actually tumors, prolactinomas, because when the prolactin is elevated, that can affect your hair loss.
I'm looking at your thyroid.
That's important to check.
Your iron is important.
Your B12 is important.
your hormones.
So I'm always looking for those hormones.
A lot of women, I've found that they're going into menopause early, like in their 30s, because their hormones reflect that, hey, this is a 31-year-old woman, but these are like late 50s hormones that are going on here.
And so I always do blood work because it can assist us in understanding in some cases.
Not only are they pro-hair, they're pro-skin.
And so part of why our skin gets drier in that perimenopausal, menopausal period is because we really need estrogen to help to create our ceramides, to help to create hyaluronic acid.
And that's also important on the scalp.
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