Vitamin A and Hair Loss
Q:
Dr,
I am a 40 year old man with male pattern baldness. I have heard vitamin A could cause hair loss if used more than needed. I take several supplements that some have large amount of vitamin A 5000 unit each. One said that it is for hair regrowth. I want to make sure I am not hurting my hair by doing that.
A:
We discussed vitamins and hair loss in several posts before. The question is why you take vitamin A. As I mentioned before, vitamins usually cause hair loss in their extreme deficiencies. A vitamin for hair loss such as “B12 hair loss vitamin” could be found in many products. There are many other hair loss vitamin products that are advertised and sold for treatment or prevention of hair loss, but most of hair loss vitamin products don’t do any good to your hair loss condition. The fact is that if you don’t have vitamin deficiency, you lose hair due to genetic and hormonal causes and vitamin supplements cannot grow your hair back.
Vitamin A is blamed for hair loss in high doses. The dose of daily vitamin A should be between 3000 to 9000 units for normal adults. The dose of vitamin A should be adjusted for pregnant women and children and patients doctor should be involved in all dose adjustments. If vitamin A is used for vitamin A deficiency disorders, higher doses might be required that should be prescribed and closely monitored by your doctor.
Tags: deficiency, vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamins
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