Labwork

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA)

 

HTMA kits will be mailed with your client intake form and cost $100. Collect your hair sample by cutting the first inch and one-half of growth closest to the scalp at the nape of the neck.

 

For color treated hair wait 6 weeks and wash your hair at least 10 times before cutting the hair sample for mineral analysis. The hair should have been washed within 24 hours of sampling and must be completely dry. Water softeners may also affect hair mineral readings, therefore we recommend that you wash your hair two times with distilled or reverse osmosis water before sampling only if you have a water softener.

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Videos on collection hair samples: 

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Long Hair

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Short Hair

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Blood Work

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If you choose to do blood work (recommended, but not required) the following blood markers can be requested from your primary care doctor, or ordered through 

 

Ultra Labs 

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Or Request A Test

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• Ceruloplasmin

• Copper

• Ferritin

• Hemoglobin (Hgb)

• Iron and Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC)

• Magnesium, RBC

• QuestAssureD™ 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (D2, D3), LC/MS/MS

• Transferrin

• Vitamin A (Retinol)

• Zinc

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Inform your doctor, or lab attendant, that the preferred specimen for Ceruloplasmin and Copper tests is SERUM. The preferred specimen for the Zinc test is PLASMA. Please be aware that it is at the lab’s discretion to decide which specimen type is most appropriate.

 

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