Definitions for "Hair Analysis"
(hair element analysis, hair mineral analysis, hair-shaft analysis): "Diagnostic technique" that involves laboratory analysis of a sample of hair. It allegedly can be a "useful guide" to bodily well-being.
A method of determining the levels of minerals, including both toxic metals and essential minerals, in the body by measuring the concentration of those minerals in the hair. Unlike mineral levels in the blood, those in the hair reflect the person's status over several months.
Hair analysis is the result of ultra-modern technology, that has within the last 10 years provided a window into the cells. The importance of a cellular measurement is that metabolism takes place within the cells, not in the blood, urine, or other sites that are currently measured. Hair analysis thus offers a new perspective, for studying both diseases and for studying stress and coping mechanisms.
an inexpensive and noninvasive means of measuring elements