Diet and Hair Loss
A healthy diet is necessary for healthy hair. Skin is an organ in the body and hair is part of the skin organ. Hair loss is accelerated in most fad diets, where calorie or protein intake is severely restricted.
Hair loss is common in both men and women on low calorie diets. Women who have no genetic patterns of hair loss can shed a large amount of hair on these fashionable diets.
The impact on men who have a genetic predisposition to lose hair, suffer tremendously on low calorie diets. They have hair that is genetically weaker and more vulnerable.
A proper diet is also necessary in post hair transplants for all the grafts to take well and grow for a periods of 12-18 months. As the new DNA is regenerating post hair transplants, it is imperative to eat a well balanced diet.
The gene can at times become activated or accelerated by an injury such as a low calorie diet. The hair can also go in telogen phase and become thin and wire-like, losing their proper dimensions and shape.
For a healthy hair, you need a healthy diet. A proper combination of proteins, carbohydrates and fats is necessary. A diet with excessive protein and low carbohydrates can also be damaging, as can a diet very low in protein and overloaded in carbohydrates.
The reasons are that proper amount of protein is necessary as hair is made of mostly protein-like substances. Carbohydrates are needed as they release sugar, the end product of digestion. A good level of blood sugar is required to keep the skin organ healthy.
In summary eat a proper diet, well-balanced, both for hair loss and also post-hair transplants.
--Dr. Antonio Alvi Armani