In this video, Dr. Swathi Shivakumar, Consultant - Dermatology, Manipal Hospital Jayanagar, discusses hair fall concerns. Losing ...

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Hair Fall: When Should You Be Concerned? | Dr. Swathi Shivakumar | Manipal Hospital Jayanagar

hello everyone I'm Dr STI shivakumar I'm a consultant in malti manipal Hospital uh I'm a dermatologist practicing here today I want to talk to you all about hairfall and common things why it's caused how much is normal what you can do about it when you need to meet your dermatologist so the first thing that alarms a patient is they feel like they're losing too much hair so how much is too much hair losing up to 50 to 70 strengths per day is normal and we don't realize it as the day goes past but if you feel like you know you're combing your hair and you feel like it's even more than what you normally notice that can be considered as abnormal now what can be done on your part to reduce hair loss having a balanced diet uh reducing your stress levels uh regular meals um not having very hot water birds not going in for these paror treatments like smoothing straightening Keratin treatments they all damage your hair and ultimately it will lead to hairall uh when when do you know you have to meet a dermatologist you feel like you're losing more than those 70 or 100 strands per hair feel like your hair is looking damaged um hair fall has been there for more than 3 months then please meet your dermatologist um at your dermatologist consultation first the kind of test that we do we do a hair pull test that is to see if we can when we grasp an amount of hair let's say 20 25 hair we're pulling out more than 3 to four now that we consider as a positive hair pool test that we ask you to undertake and the treatment aspects yes of course that depends on um like you know what the cause is we have to treat the cause to treat the hair loss so we normally give multivitamin supplements that covers the deficits that you have have thyroid issues we like to work alongside an endocrinologist to get that corrected and uh hair serums to help strengthen containing minox rensil and again procap multiple contents of hair serums these days shampoos that help to reduce the shedding nourish your hair strengthen it and um genetic hair loss of course that has a completely different way of treatment and that would be tailored according to what you can take um your age group whether you are planning a pregnancy older age group all those kind of factors but at the end of the day yes if you need to manage your hair loss there's only so much you can do at home and a dermatologist can give you a clear picture of how to go about it thank you

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