Dr. Samantha Ellis

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And so until you have a diagnosis of what type of hair loss you have, it's really hard to pick what intervention would be the most helpful.

So you would treat different types differently?

Absolutely.

Very differently.

And also there's a workup that happens with hair loss.

So because it's a symptom, we also want to make sure that your thyroid works well, you're not iron deficient, your vitamin D levels are appropriate.

So there are other things we will also screen people for.

And things like female and male pattern hair loss are a bit of a diagnosis of exclusion.

You have to rule out other nutritional deficiencies or medical issues before you can call it that.

So an iron supplement might be like, if that is, you can get your iron levels tested.

You could get your iron levels tested.

And really when you're getting your iron levels tested, you need to get your ferritin tested.

So that's the test.

I have patients all the time that come in and say, I don't know why I'm losing my hair.

I got my labs done.

My iron was normal.

And I'm like, well, let me just

see your lab tests.

And they never had a ferritin done, which is really the indication of what are your iron stores.

And if those are low, not only are we talking about an iron supplement, but also we need to understand why they're low.

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