Things You Can Do To Restore Healthy Skin and Hair
To restore thick hair and stop the graying progression you need to restore your level of thyroid functioning. This is not always easy to do.
When you can get a doctor to test thryroid function, unfortunately the standard of care for low thyroid symptoms is to check levels with a thyroid hormone stimulating test (TSH). The common conclusion is that a low score on the TSH means your body isn’t trying to stimulate thyroid production. Therefore thyroid production must be fine. A high score on the TSH means your thyroid is not functioning well and that’s why your body is trying to increase it. This approach is a little off-base.
The best way to see how your thyroid is functioning is to have blood testing of TSH, T3 and T4.
If your traditional doctor decides your thyroid function is off, a pharmaceutical drug will be prescribed.
Most of these are synthetic drugs that do not occur naturally. Your body will consider them to be foreign substances and will build resistance to them over time…rendering them ineffective. These chemicals will also toxify your liver and will have side effects.
There is a natural thyroid replacement that comes from pigs. The pig thyroid hormone is identical to the human thyroid hormone and contains both T3 and T4. A popular brand of natural thyroid is Armour thyroid. This will be recognized by your body as a natural substance and therefore you will not build resistance to it. There are also no undesirable side effects associated with this.
Once thyroid levels are stabilized, hair loss or graying will eventually slow down and finally stop. Increased energy will return as well.
Different Kinds of Hair Loss
General shedding occurs throughout the head. You notice hair in drains, hair brushes, and on the bathroom floor. This is the most common form of hair loss and is typical of people with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
Circular patches of hair loss is usually the result of a fungal infection or autoimmune alopecia. This is not associated with thyroid problems.
Male pattern hair loss is concentrated on the temples and top of the head and is caused by hair follicles shrinking and disappearing.
