What Your Hair Knows About Your Health That You Don’t

Sanjay Gupta· Host0:00

[gentle music] Welcome to Chasing Life. What if I told you that our hair is more than what we see in the mirror? It's something that can actually tell us a lot about our health. You see, hair loss and hair changes aren't just cosmetic. They can reflect real shifts in hormones and stress and nutrition, and even other underlying health conditions. Here's the thing, most people naturally shed about 50 to 100 hairs a day, but sudden thinning, brittleness, graying, that can feel really alarming, and yet sometimes it's just completely normal. So the question then is, how do you know what hair changes are red flags, what's part of normal life, and what really does work if you want healthier hair, hair that is thicker and darker? What does healthy hair really mean? Today, I'm talking with Dr. Maryanne Makridis Senna. She's a board-certified dermatologist and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, who specializes in hair and scalp health. Today, we're gonna talk about the different types of hair changes, share some practical tips for keeping your hair and scalp healthy, and my personal favorite, we're gonna bust some pretty big hair myths that you have probably heard. I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, and this is Chasing Life.

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