There are few things so immediately distressing to people as losing their hair. For women, for whom it is far less acceptable to be bald, it can be seen as a life-shattering calamity from which they will never recover. But much more important than aesthetics are the health implications of hair loss. It may well be that your body is flagging up an underlying health problem which, when resolved, would result in the baldness being reversed. According to our bodies, our hair and nails are not vital to survival. We may feel that life is not worth living without wreaths of curls and gleaming talons, but they are some of the first things to be jettisoned if the body does not have enough resources to go round. Consider the example of someone who severely restricts their eating pattern, perhaps due to an eating disorder. They will eventually start to lose hair as the body diverts the small supply of available nutrients to vital areas such as the heart and the brain.

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