22. Encouraging Hair Growth & Preventing Hair Loss: The Effects of PRP, Peptides, Topicals, Micronutrient Supplements, Hormones, & Toxins on Hair

Welcome to another episode of The Synthesis of Wellness Podcast! This is a full-on guide to hair growth, hair loss, scalp health, conditions that could impact hair health, toxins to be aware of, blood tests to get when experiencing hair loss, strategies and treatments that may help, and a lot of nitty gritty details in between.

Topics:

- Basic anatomy of a hair follicle

- Hair growth cycle: 3 phases

- How stem cells are involved in the hair growth cycle, specifically the anagen phase

- What factors can disrupt stem cell proliferation and, therefore, hair growth

- Blood tests that might be helpful in assessing why someone is losing hair: heavy metals, hormones, micronutrient, and stealth infections

- Increasing blood flow to the scalp

- Increasing scalp oxygenation

- PRP

- Natural DHT blockers vs. minoxidil

- Two topical peptides: AHK-Cu and Thymosin beta-4

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