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Can dietary deficiencies cause hair shaft problems?

April 26, 2017cause deficiencies dietary hair problems

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Can dietary deficiencies cause hair shaft problems?

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Hair shaft defects are not usually caused by dietary deficiencies. However, severe protein malnutrition in a famine-stricken community may manifest as a disease called kwashiorkor, which causes generalized weakness and deformity of scalp hairs.