IRON CHECK
THE HAIR LOSS NUTRITIONIST

Is Your Iron Status Supporting Your Hair Health?

Not sure if you need iron supplements, updated bloodwork, or simply more iron-rich foods? Iron Check helps you make sense of your iron levels, symptoms, and health history so you know what to do next.

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Takes about 3–5 minutes · Free

In just a few minutes, you’ll:

Check Your Levels

Find out whether it’s time to test or recheck your iron levels.

Understand Your Results

See what your lab results may mean, if you have them.

Know Your Next Step

Get clear, practical next steps for supporting healthy iron levels.

Have bloodwork? Keep it handy.

You can enter your actual lab values for more personalized guidance — especially ferritin, hemoglobin, and iron studies. No labs? No problem—you can still take Iron Check.

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Iron Check is an educational tool. It doesn’t diagnose iron deficiency, anemia, or hair loss, and it isn’t a substitute for advice from your healthcare provider.

Iron tablets and hair loss: check before you supplement

Low iron is one of the most common nutrition-related contributors to hair shedding in women. But iron tablets only help your hair if low iron is actually part of the problem.

Iron tablets aren’t a shortcut

If your iron isn’t low, taking more won’t speed up regrowth.

More iron isn’t always better

Iron tablets can cause stomach upset and constipation, and can be harmful if you already have too much iron.

Your bloodwork tells the story

Ferritin, a measure of your stored iron, is the key number. That’s why Iron Check starts with your labs, not a supplement.

What ferritin numbers mean for adults

  • 30 or belowIron deficiency likely
  • 31–50Depends on heavy periods, symptoms, and other risk factors
  • Above 50Reassuring for iron stores, if no inflammation

Based on 2026 guidelines from the American Society of Hematology (blood specialists). Inflammation can make ferritin look normal even when iron is low. Values are in ng/mL.

✅ Iron Check does

  • Help you decide your next step: test, retest, restore, or maintain
  • Show where your numbers sit against expert guidelines
  • Keep your answers private in your browser

🚫 Iron Check doesn’t

  • Diagnose iron deficiency, anemia, or hair loss
  • Tell you what dose of iron to take
  • Replace your clinician’s advice

What if iron isn’t the answer?

Hair shedding has many possible triggers, from stress and illness to thyroid changes, medications, and genetics.

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