Hair Zinc, Scalp Hair Quantity, And Diaper Rash In Normal Infants

January 1985 in “ PubMed ”

Collipp Pj, B. Kuo, Mariano Castro‐Magana, Chen Sy, Steven Salvatore

TLDR Low zinc levels in hair are linked to hair loss and diaper rash in infants.

The study measured hair zinc concentration in 308 newborns and 199 infants aged 1 to 12 months, finding that zinc levels decreased from 204 micrograms/gm at birth to 112 micrograms/gm at 8 months, then increased to 144 micrograms/gm by 12 months. It was observed that diaper rash and reduced hair quantity were significantly associated with lower hair zinc levels, suggesting that hair loss and diaper rash in normal infants were linked to decreased zinc concentration in hair.

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