For almost a decade, I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t growing my hair. Or rather, regrowing it. My hair was growing, and that’s the frustrating part, but it literally wouldn’t stay put on my scalp.
I have an iron deficiency and, among the usual symptoms like endless fatigue and freezing cold feet, comes excessive hair shedding. “Low iron is one of the most common—and most overlooked—causes of excessive hair shedding,” says Xenia Mitsiou, Nurse at The HVN, a wellness and longevity clinic in London. “Iron supports healthy cell turnover in the follicles, so when levels drop, hair growth slows and strands become thinner and more fragile,” she explains.
