Hair

Alopecia (hair loss)

• low Biotin (rare)

• low Copper

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

• low Inositol

• low Pantothenic Acid

• low Protein-Calorie also thin, coarse, dull, brittle, stiff, straight and easily pluckable.
      In blacks, hair becomes reddish; in whites, there is horizontal depigmentation ('flag sign').

• low Riboflavin

• high Selenium

• high Vitamin A

• low Vitamin B6

• low Zinc (severe)

Coiled ("corkscrew")

• high Vitamin A   

• low Vitamin C (scurvy)

Dry & Stiff

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

• high Selenium

Greying (premature)

• low Para-aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)

Painful when pulled

• low Vitamin D

NAIL

Brittle

• low Calcium

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

• low iron

• high Selenium - also thickened

• high Vitamin A

• low Zinc

Hyperpigmentation (sub-ungual)

• low Vitamin B12 (brown, reticular)

Koilonychia (spooning)

• low Chromium

• low Iron - with ridging, brittleness, thinness and lack of luster

• Vitamin C (scurvy) - with other ungual alterations

Leukonychia (white spots on the nails)

• low Zinc

Splinter Hemorrhages

• low Vitamin C (scurvy) (rare) - Extensive hemorrhages in a semicircular lattice

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