Hair Fall Test Package for Men in Delhi

68 parameters across 16 components: Complete Blood Count (CBC) + ESR (21), Blood Picture - Peripheral Smear Examination (5), Liver Function Test (12), Kidney Function Test (12), Iron Studies with Serum Iron, TIBC, UIBC, Transferrin and % Iron Saturation (5), Thyroid Profile with TT3, TT4 and TSH (3), Active Vitamin - B12 (1), Vitamin D 25-Hydroxy (1), 21-Deoxy Cortisol serum (1), Magnesium (1), C-Reactive Protein - CRP Quantitative (1), Dihydrotestosterone DHT Free (1), Zinc Serum (1), Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (1), Testosterone Total (1) and Anti Nuclear Antibody ANA (1). Sample is blood only; no fasting required.

Because of how the hair cycle works. In telogen effluvium a systemic trigger — low iron, an underactive thyroid, a high-fever illness, surgery, rapid weight loss, severe stress — pushes a large share of follicles out of their growth phase at once. Those hairs stay in place for roughly two to three months before they are shed. So the shedding you notice today is reporting on an event from the month before last. Testing is still worthwhile, because the deficiency behind it usually persists.

It starts from 1999. That includes free home sample collection anywhere in Delhi and digital reports within 24 hours, with nothing added at checkout. Book online or on WhatsApp.

The systemic base is shared: CBC with ESR, Blood Picture - Peripheral Smear Examination, Iron Studies, Thyroid Profile, Active Vitamin - B12, Vitamin D, Zinc Serum, Magnesium, CRP Quantitative, Anti Nuclear Antibody (ANA), Liver and Kidney Function are in both. Only the hormone section changes. This men's package carries Dihydrotestosterone DHT Free, Testosterone Total, Sex Hormone Binding Globulin and 21-Deoxy Cortisol serum. The women's package carries no androgens at all; it has Cortisol Serum, Estradiol, FSH, Luteinising Hormone and Prolactin instead.

No test in this package measures air pollution or its effects, and nothing here should be read that way. There is one honest connection worth knowing: during the October to January smog season many Delhi residents cut outdoor walking and exercise sharply, which reduces sun exposure, and sunlight is how most vitamin D is made. Vitamin D deficiency ranges from 40% to over 90% across Indian populations (Ritu & Gupta, Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2014;39(4):178-184). That is why the Vitamin D (25-Hydroxy) value on a winter report is worth a close look.

It covers the likely ground. Dengue, malaria and chikungunya are endemic across Delhi NCR, and a high-fever illness is a classic trigger for telogen effluvium, with shedding starting roughly two to three months later. This package measures the deficiencies that sustain it — Iron Studies, Thyroid Profile, Vitamin D, Active Vitamin - B12, Zinc Serum, Magnesium — along with CBC with ESR and a pathologist-read peripheral smear whose Hemoparasites finding looks for malarial parasites. Post-fever shedding usually settles on its own over several months once any deficiency is corrected.

DHT is a potent androgen converted from testosterone by the enzyme 5-alpha reductase. In genetically susceptible men, follicles at the temples and crown are sensitive to DHT and progressively miniaturise under it, producing finer, shorter hairs and eventually none. This test measures the free, unbound fraction circulating in blood. It is also the hormone finasteride and dutasteride act on, so a value recorded before treatment starts gives a dermatologist a baseline to work.

No. Pattern hair loss depends mainly on how sensitive your follicles are to DHT, not on how much DHT is circulating, and most men with classic androgenetic alopecia have entirely normal DHT and testosterone. A normal androgen result does not exclude it and a high one does not confirm it. The diagnosis is made by a dermatologist from the distribution of thinning and from trichoscopy. These hormone tests exist to exclude an endocrine abnormality and to set a treatment baseline.

Testosterone Total reports all the testosterone in your blood, but most of it is bound to carrier proteins and biologically inactive. Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) is the principal carrier, so its level changes how a total testosterone value should be read — a high SHBG means less free, usable testosterone even when the total looks unremarkable. Read together, the two give a more accurate picture of androgen status than either one on its own.

No, and it is worth knowing before you book. The package includes Iron Studies, which reports Serum Iron, Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC), UIBC, Transferrin and % Iron Saturation. Ferritin measures stored iron and is the most sensitive single marker of iron deficiency in hair loss — many dermatologists want it specifically, because shedding can occur at ferritin levels still inside the low-normal range. Ferritin is a separate test a doctor may add alongside this package.

No. An ordinary test reports total vitamin B12, most of which is bound to haptocorrin and unavailable to your cells. Active Vitamin - B12 measures holotranscobalamin, the fraction bound to transcobalamin that cells can take up and use. That distinction matters, because total B12 can read normal while the usable fraction is already low. 47 to 70% of Indians are B12 deficient, rising above 70% among vegetarians (Yajnik et al., JAPI, 2006;54:775-782).

Yes, and it is one of the more treatable causes. Both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism produce diffuse thinning across the whole scalp rather than a receding pattern, and the hair change is often what brings someone in. One in ten Indian adults is hypothyroid (Unnikrishnan et al., Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013;17(4):647-652). This package reports Tri-Iodothyronine Total (TT3), Thyroxine Total (TT4) and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH). Shedding usually settles once thyroid function is corrected, though regrowth takes months.

Not on that basis. ANA detects antibodies against components of the cell nucleus and is a screening test, not a diagnosis. It is positive in autoimmune conditions such as lupus, Sjogren's syndrome and scleroderma, some of which cause scarring and permanent hair loss — which is why it is included. But ANA is also positive in a meaningful share of healthy people, more often with age, and in chronic infections and some medication reactions. A doctor reads it against your symptoms and may add anti-dsDNA or an ANA immunoblot.

It explains the CBC. A qualified pathologist prepares a slide from your blood and reads it under a microscope cell by cell, reporting five findings: Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, Hemoparasites, and a written Impression. For hair loss, red cell shape is the useful part — small pale microcytic cells indicate iron deficiency, large macrocytic cells indicate B12 or folate deficiency, sickle-shaped cells indicate sickle cell disease. It also detects blast cells that may indicate leukaemia, malarial parasites, and platelet clumping that analysers misread as a low platelet count.

Because it cannot be automated. A Blood Picture - Peripheral Smear Examination needs a qualified pathologist to prepare and read every slide by hand, so its cost is pathologist time rather than analyser time — which makes it one of the first line items removed to hold a price point. It is worth checking any hair fall package's test list for a peripheral smear or blood picture profile specifically. Across Delhi NCR the Hemoparasites finding is a practical reason to want it, since dengue and malaria are endemic.

No fasting is required. Timing does matter: book a 7 to 9 AM slot, because Testosterone Total, TSH and 21-Deoxy Cortisol serum all follow a daily rhythm and are interpreted against morning reference ranges. Stop biotin supplements 48 hours beforehand, since biotin interferes with several immunoassays and can produce a falsely normal TSH. Water is fine throughout.

Home collection is free across Delhi, including Rohini, Pitampura, Shalimar Bagh, Model Town, Civil Lines, Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Punjabi Bagh, Paschim Vihar and Rajouri Garden. A trained phlebotomist takes a single blood sample at your door in the morning slot you choose, and the sample travels to the laboratory in temperature-controlled conditions. You can add a family member's details at booking; in a joint household several people can be collected in one visit. This package is designed for men — for a woman, book the Hair Fall Test Package for Women, which has a different hormone section. Digital reports arrive within 24 hours, all 68 parameters with reference ranges and flagged abnormal values, and trend tracking against earlier HealthVas reports. Samples are processed at a NABL-accredited laboratory in our network; NABL accreditation is granted to individual laboratories after evaluation of their equipment, processes and personnel, not as a brand-wide certification, and HealthVas does not claim to hold it.