LOSING IT
We might think of hair as our crowning glory but it's also a remarkably good barometer of health. Having no essential functions hair is treated like an extendable luxury to be shut down whenever times get tough tool stop it's little wonder then that an illness as punishing as covid-19 is triggering a wave of hairloss. You don't even need to have had the disease for it to take a toll on your hair. Stress and itself can also lead to Finney and shedding and I'm a lot of clients whose hair has been affected by the anxieties of lockdown.
What is the pandemic doing to hair
When the body is fighting illness or stress, it conserve energy by switching hair from growth phase to shedding phase the effects aren't instant. Women tend to start noticing their hair coming out weeks or months later.
What do the effects look like?
Stress and illness tend to cause a gradual thinning all over. Women off his notice their ponytails fill fine. It's normal to lose 100 to 150 hairs a day. Some people who have suffered with covid-19. Always seek professional help if you experience this full stop the good news is that this is a temporary problem. Job to support that regrowth to make hair as healthy as possible.
THE RECOVERY DIET
Nourish your hair from the Inside, eat unprocessed foods such as good quality meat and fish, fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds, ginger onion and garlic are great for reducing inflammation. Make breakfast a priority. It's the most important meal of the day because your hair needs that energy eggs and spinach are the ideal hair food full stop drink plenty of water aiming for 8 glasses a day day. Hydration is absolutely essential for health avoid caffeine preservatives alcohol and anything in a jar or packet full stop think of it as like feeding a newborn baby you give them broccoli not a chocolate bar. Take supplements designed for hair full stop covid affect absorption and it's hard to get everything you need from food probiotics also boost absorption.