Hair Fall Test Package for Women in Noida

70 parameters across 18 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), Zinc Serum (1), Magnesium (1), Cortisol Serum (1), C-Reactive Protein - CRP Quantitative (1), Estradiol / Estrogen Serum (1), Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (1), IHC Follicle Stimulating Hormone FSH (1), Luteinising Hormone (1), Prolactin (1) and Anti Nuclear Antibody ANA (1). Sample is blood only; no fasting required.

No, and that is worth knowing before you pay. There are no androgen tests in this package — no Testosterone, no free testosterone, no Dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Female pattern hair loss and hair loss associated with polycystic ovary syndrome are substantially androgen-driven, so this package cannot assess them. If you have irregular or absent periods, adult acne, or excess facial or body hair with the thinning, ask a doctor: Testosterone Total, Free DHT and DHEA-S are separate tests, usually ordered with an anti-Mullerian hormone level and a pelvic ultrasound.

No. Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) is the carrier protein that binds sex hormones in blood and determines how much circulates in a free, usable form. It is useful for interpreting a testosterone value, but it cannot measure androgen activity by itself, and there is no testosterone result in this package to read it against. Treat SHBG here as background information on hormone binding, not as an androgen assessment.

Yes, with one condition: tell us your shift pattern and usual sleep window at booking. Cortisol follows a strong daily rhythm, peaking in the hour or two after waking, and the reference ranges assume a morning sample taken after a night of sleep. A sample at the end of a working night is a different physiological moment, so the value has to be interpreted with the shift pattern in mind. On a repeat test, keeping the same gap between waking and sampling matters more than the clock hour.

No test in this package measures the effect of shift work, and there is no claim worth making that night shifts cause hair loss. Two honest points stand. Night shifts mean very little daylight, and sunlight is how most vitamin D is made, with deficiency already ranging from 40% to over 90% across Indian populations (Ritu & Gupta, Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2014;39(4):178-184). And irregular sleep makes hormones that follow a daily rhythm harder to read. Both affect interpretation of the report rather than explaining the shedding.

It starts from 2199. That includes free home sample collection anywhere in Noida and digital reports within 24 hours, with nothing added at checkout. Book online or on WhatsApp.

The systemic base is identical in both: 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. Only the hormone section changes. This women's package carries Cortisol Serum, Estradiol, IHC Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Luteinising Hormone, Prolactin and Sex Hormone Binding Globulin. The men's package carries Testosterone Total, Dihydrotestosterone DHT Free and 21-Deoxy Cortisol serum instead, and this women's version has no androgens at all.

Iron deficiency. Over 50% of Indian women aged 15 to 49 are anaemic (NFHS-5, 2019-21), usually because heavy or prolonged periods combine with low dietary iron. Hair follicles are among the first tissues the body deprioritises when iron stores drop, which produces diffuse shedding across the whole scalp rather than a receding pattern. This package reports Iron Studies with Serum Iron, TIBC, UIBC, Transferrin and % Iron Saturation, read against the CBC with ESR and a pathologist-examined peripheral smear.

No. 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 status in hair loss — dermatologists often 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. Note that ferritin also rises with inflammation, which is one reason the quantitative CRP here helps interpret it.

Between them they describe the hormonal state that governs the hair cycle in women. IHC Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinising Hormone indicate ovarian function and whether perimenopause has begun. Estradiol is the main oestrogen, and falling oestrogen around menopause is a recognised cause of diffuse thinning. Prolactin matters because raised levels disturb the cycle and cause shedding. FSH, Luteinising Hormone and Estradiol all vary with cycle day, so note the first day of your last period when you book.

Yes, and it is among the most treatable causes. Both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism produce diffuse thinning across the scalp. Indian women develop thyroid disorders roughly three times as often as men, 15.86% compared with 5.02% (Unnikrishnan et al., Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013;17(4):647-652). This package reports the full Thyroid Profile — Tri-Iodothyronine Total (TT3), Thyroxine Total (TT4) and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH). Shedding usually settles once thyroid function is corrected, though regrowth takes several months.

Yes. An ordinary test reports total vitamin B12, most of which is bound to haptocorrin and unavailable to cells. Active Vitamin - B12 measures holotranscobalamin, the fraction bound to transcobalamin that cells can take up and use. That is a real advantage, 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).

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.

A qualified pathologist prepares a slide from your blood and examines 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 point to iron deficiency, large macrocytic cells to B12 or folate deficiency, sickle-shaped cells to sickle cell disease. The slide also shows blast cells that may indicate leukaemia, malarial parasites inside red cells, and platelet clumping that automated counters report as a falsely 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 the cost is pathologist time rather than analyser time, which makes it an easy line item to cut at a given price point. It is worth checking any hair fall package's test list for it by name. The Hemoparasites and Platelets findings are the practical reasons to want it across Delhi NCR, where dengue and malaria are endemic.

It can be. Automated counters misread clumped platelets as a dangerously low count, and only a pathologist looking at the slide can tell a clump from a genuine shortfall, which is reported in the Platelets finding and the written Impression. The smear also shows red cell shape, which matters because a fever illness often leaves iron-deficient shedding behind it two to three months later. A genuinely low platelet count has its own causes and is for a doctor to act on.

Home collection is free across Noida, including Sector 16, 29, 34, 44, 51, 52, 61, 78, 100, 119, 120, 121, 128, 143, 150, Atta Market and Noida Extension, with early slots along the Noida–Greater Noida Expressway corridor. A trained phlebotomist takes a single blood sample at your door, and the sample travels to the laboratory in temperature-controlled conditions. Add the other person's details at booking, note each woman's last period date so the hormone results can be read correctly, and more than one adult in the same home can be collected in a single visit. 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. Digital reports arrive within 24 hours.