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Hair Loss Help by @food_thought_for_you

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 (Representative Images, Credits: Shutterstock) It is time to take control and stop worrying! Knowledge is power and instead of reading and focusing on all the bad things let us focus on the good and what you can do to restore balance and health to your precious and beautiful body. Food is Medicine so let us begin: This was written for me by my sister, feel free to reach out to her for health and nutrition advice on Instagram  @food_for_thought_you To start we will look at what hair loss is normal:  It is completely normal to lose up to 100 hairs per day. Your hair grows from the base of the hair  follicle,  and it grows at around 1cm per month for about three years, then the hair just sits there until it is pushed out by new hair . We will now look at different ways you can nourish the body to encourage hair growth by making sure you are eating the correct balance of vitamins,  minerals,  and proteins Did you know h air is made of protein ?  This means that in order to maintain and gr

Hair Loss After Covid-19 Vaccine

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When you google “hair loss after covid vaccine” this is the first result. It is possible that the messenger RNA SARS-CoV-2 Moderna and Pfizer vaccines can trigger a T cell-mediated immune response with the downstream effects of alopecia . Hair loss following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is an increasingly reported phenomenon globally. I have been experiencing hair loss since I had the Covid-19 vaccine.  I have always had really thin & fine hair, but I was actually really happy with my hair up until I had the vaccine. I had been taking Starpowa Hair, Skin & Nails Gummies for months and they had worked SO well.  I will include a photo of my hair before the vaccine. I had my first dose of Moderna on July 6 2021 and my 2nd dose of Moderna on August 6 2021.  Pretty much immediately after the first dose I started experiencing hair loss.  In the past I had never really noticed anything like this, and suddenly I had loads of hair in the shower drain and loads coming out in my brush after wa