470. Worried about hair loss or balding? Sasha Lilford is here to help

Hair loss can feel like a private crisis. It is often minimised, mislabelled, or treated as something you should simply accept as your fate. 

In this episode, Sasha, a naturopath who entered the field through her own long and confronting hair loss journey, shares why hair loss is far more common than we realise, and why hope is not naive here.

In this conversation, we explore:

• Why hair loss is still a taboo topic, and how deeply it can affect mental health
• What happens when you do the internal health work, but your hair still does not properly recover
• Why some medication pathways can become lifelong choices, and why many people look for other options
• The difference between male and female hair loss and what impacts both during various life stages and health events. 
• The often overlooked piece: the scalp environment, and why “just adding nutrients” is not always enough
• Early signs people dismiss, and why acting sooner can change the path
• Why perimenopause can shift hormones in ways that surprise people, and what a supportive, preventative approach can look like
• The missing layer in many plans: nervous system load, chronic stress, gut health and bringing safety and joy back into the body

Sasha also shares what she has seen in practice when her clients commit to a structured approach with consistency: 100% of people experience some degree of improvement within months. Results can look different for different people, especially depending on history, stress load, and timing but results are still results, right?

If you have tried everything, this episode offers a possible new set of tools and ideas. 

Alexx Stuart, Your Host. 

Low Tox Life 

Fancy a few more podcasts we’ve done over the years, related to this one?

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• Show #433 Fatigue? Low resilience? Anxiety? Thyroid issues? Fix iron first, says Dr Libby

Want to learn more about this week’s guest? 

Website: https://stan.store/sashalilford 

Instagram or LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/sashalilford 

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