Hair Mineral Analysis

Hair provides a record of past and current trace element levels.

Unlike blood, hair is an inert substance that consists of a fibrous protein and trace elements. As hair grows, nutrient and toxic elements are deposited from the blood stream into the hair follicle and hair shaft. Once a trace element has been incorporated into the hair, it remains fixed.

Sample taking is painless, and sample shipping is not timely.

Hair analysis testing requires meticulous sample preparation, during which the sample is freed from external contaminants. Sample analysis is performed using the same instrumentation and criteria as laboratory diagnostics require for metal testing of blood and urine.

Hair analysis, when properly performed, is a reliable measure of tissue levels. Source: Jenkins DW. Toxic Metals in Mammalian Hair and Nails. EPA Report 600, 1979.

EVALUATING CHRONIC EXPOSURE

2023 UPDATE OF FACTS ON HAIR/TISSUE ANALYSIS

Research: Hair analysis in children- Fayoum University

This article, published with the help of Prof. Dr. Shahira Elshafie at Fayoum Medical University, Egypt, Sept. 2021 documents the validity of hair metal analysis as a tool for chronic exposure in children.

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Lead in Hair of Beethoven

Hair analysis suggests that high lead levels from a medical procedure killed Beethoven.

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https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2007/08/beethoven-dead-lead