What causes flaky skin and loss of hair?

Answer by  queenbee70 (58)

Flaky skin can be due to dryness, try moisturizing and make sure you drink enough water! Hair loss can be from malnutrition.

Answer by  anitasahu32 (6)

Flaky skin: This happens in case where skin is unable to produce enough oil and moisture for the body.It also happens due to lack of water. Hair loss: Physical or mental stress can be one of the major reason for hair loss. The other factor that effects loss of hair is due to drugs intake, genetics, aging, deficiency of iron.

Answer by  smariebarbara (21)

One thing that you should always consider when it comes to flaky skin is moisture. Make sure you drink enough water during the day and that will reduceflaky skin. The same goes for loss of hair. When you have too much dandruff the hair is not ablt to grow properly.

Answer by  DanJ (30)

Flaky skin is caused by topical skin funguses that are usually due in part to genetics, and to lack of vitamins. Loss of hair is genetically inherited.

Answer by  Sergiu (344)

The symptoms you describe can have a variety of causes, but the most obvious one would be vitamin or mineral deficit. If still no luck then next on the list might be depression, chronic fatigue, side effects of medication. You might want to visit a endocrinologist for hormone disorders.