Hair Fall Test Package for Men in Faridabad

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.

Yes, transiently. Strenuous physical exertion raises C-Reactive Protein, and it raises creatinine and uric acid in the Kidney Function Test as well. So a sample taken the morning after a hard shift can show a mildly raised CRP and a flagged creatinine that reflect the work rather than any disease. Book the draw after your longest gap from physical work, say at booking what the work involves, and mention any fever or illness in the past two weeks, since infection raises CRP too. With that recorded, the number can be read properly.

That instruction is written for someone who can skip a training session, and it does not transfer to work you cannot skip. The practical version is to book the draw after your longest gap from the work — a rest day, or the first morning after one — and to state at booking what the work involves so it reaches the laboratory with the sample. Nothing else about the preparation changes: there is no fast for this package, and you should not stop prescribed medicines to compensate.

No, and no blood test in it should be read that way. Nothing here detects or measures occupational exposure of any kind. The only connection between your work and this report is interpretive: physical exertion transiently raises CRP, creatinine and uric acid, and an early shift start collides with the morning window in which testosterone, TSH and 21-Deoxy Cortisol serum are best sampled. Both affect how the results should be read and when the sample should be taken, not what caused the shedding.

Take the earliest home collection slot before you leave, or book on a day off. Testosterone Total, TSH and 21-Deoxy Cortisol serum all follow a daily rhythm and are interpreted against morning reference ranges, conventionally a 7 to 9 AM draw, which falls inside your working day on an early shift. A day off is often the better choice, because it also puts the longest gap between your last physical shift and the draw, so the CRP, creatinine and uric acid are measured on a rested body. No fasting is required either way.

It starts from 1999. That includes free home sample collection anywhere in Faridabad 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 has no androgens at all; it carries Cortisol Serum, Estradiol, FSH, Luteinising Hormone and Prolactin instead.

Because of the hair cycle. 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 shed. So shedding noticed this week usually reports on an event from the month before last. Testing is still worth doing, because the deficiency behind it normally persists.

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.

No. Pattern hair loss depends mainly on how sensitive your follicles are to DHT rather than 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 describe androgen status more accurately than either alone.

No, and it is worth knowing before booking. 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 ask for 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, and it is read against CRP, since inflammation raises it.

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. The 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 among the more treatable causes. Both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism produce diffuse thinning across the whole scalp rather than a receding pattern. 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.

No. 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 is the component that reports structure rather than a level. Most of this panel measures values that move — CRP with last week's work, zinc and magnesium with this morning's supplement, the hormones with the hour of the draw — whereas a red cell's size and shape are not shifted by yesterday. A qualified pathologist prepares a slide from your blood, reads it under a microscope and reports five findings: Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, Hemoparasites and a written Impression. 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 automated counters misread as a low platelet count.

Many do not, because it cannot be automated. A qualified pathologist has to prepare and read every slide by hand, so the 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 by name. Across Delhi NCR the Hemoparasites finding is a practical reason to want it, since dengue and malaria are endemic and a fever illness is itself a common trigger for shedding.

No fasting is required and water is fine throughout. Timing matters more than fasting: Testosterone Total, TSH and 21-Deoxy Cortisol serum follow a daily rhythm and are interpreted against morning reference ranges, so take a morning slot. Stop biotin supplements 48 hours beforehand, since biotin interferes with several immunoassays and can produce a falsely normal TSH. Continue iron, zinc, magnesium, vitamin D and B12 supplements but tell your doctor you take them, since a supplemented value reflects the supplement rather than your baseline.

Free home collection covers Faridabad, including NIT 1, NIT 2, NIT 3, NIT 5, Sector 7, Sector 11, Sector 14, Sector 21, Sector 28, Sector 31, Sector 46, Sector 55, Old Faridabad, Ballabgarh, Neharpar, Greater Faridabad, Dabua Colony, Sainik Colony and Sarai Khawaja, with the rest of the city on request. A trained phlebotomist takes a single blood sample at your door and it travels to the laboratory in temperature-controlled conditions. Early morning slots are available for anyone leaving for a shift.

Yes. Add his details at booking and choose a morning slot, since the hormone tests here are interpreted against morning reference ranges, and more than one adult at the same address can be collected in a single visit. This package is designed for men; for a woman, book the Hair Fall Test Package for Women, which has a different hormone section and no androgens. 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.