I added brand suggestions in my reply above.

 Here are the ingredients in the Aveda Anti-frizz shampoo:

Ingredients: WaterAquaEau, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sodium Chloride, Propanediol, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Babassuamidopropyl Betaine, Cocamide Mipa, Glycol Stearate, Dioctyldodecyl Dodecanedioate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil/ Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil, Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Ethyl Macadamiate, Glycerin, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Glyceryl Caprylate, Tocopherol, Citric Acid, Fragrance (Parfum), Geraniol, Citronellol, Linalool, Limonene, Citral, Farnesol, Sodium Phytate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate

Items in BOLD are toxic ingredients to avoid. So no, unfortunately Aveda is not low tox even though it is marketed that way.

Do you have a Whole Foods nearby?

Here are some lower tox shampoo options that you can check to see if they are available near you:
• Rocky Mountain (I know this is a Canadian company)
• Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve (shampoo bar)
• Noun Naturals
• Under Luna
• Yarok

You can also check the Think Dirty app to help you shop for lower toxic beauty/hygiene products in general.

 please describe her diet. Is it vegetarian? Does it include animal proteins? Does she have a varied diet or is she picky and may be missing nutrients? Is it more homemade whole foods or more packaged foods?

It might be easiest to track her diet with this fillable 3-day food journal, and upload it here for us to look at as a starting point.

And no, Herbal Essences is not low-tox. Where do you live so I can make some alternative suggestions?

 a slow masticating juicer is the way to go to help retain and extract more micronutrients, but they often are a pain in the butt to clean.

I love my Jason Vale Retro Cold Press juicer and it’s actually from the UK! What I love most is the large opening so there’s no need to chop up the fruits/veggies into tiny pieces. Half an apple can easily fit down the chute. And clean-up is much easier than my Green Star masticating juicer. That one is a PAIN with so many tiny pieces to clean afterwards.

Jason Vale also has a recipe book that you can get or comes with the juicer (can’t remember but I have one from him as well so I think it came with purchase).

– thanks for sharing your brand of shampoo. How long has she been using this for? Did you recently switch to it and do you suspect the dryness started after using this shampoo?

From an ingredient perspective, I would swap this out with a better low-tox shampoo.

I’m not sure exactly which one from that brand you’re using, but here are the ingredients in the shampoo for dried damaged hair:

Colloidal Oatmeal Extract, Water (Aqua), Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Disunfloweroylethyl Dimonium Chloride, Sunflower Seed Oil Glycerides, Polyquaternium-22, PEG-7 Amodimethicone, Linoleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Polyquaternium-39, Glycerin, Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenylsuccinate, PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate, PPG-2 Hydroxyethyl Cocamide, Laureth-4, Glycol Distearate, Lauryl Lactyl Lactate, Propylene Glycol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hexylene Glycol, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Benzoate, Fragrance (Parfum)

The ingredients in bold are toxic ingredients to avoid!

Where do you live so I can share a few better alternative recommendations.

There can be many reasons for hair loss. Have you seen this handout in the Symptom Dictionary? It can help identify and rule out possible causes.

If you can share a little more details about her other symptoms, diet, sleep, stress, any medications?, supplements, lifestyle, etc, we can help you narrow it down.

have doctors run any tests to check her liver, kidney and thyroid function by any chance?

Please watch this video and let me know if you suspect blocked drainage pathways.

 glad you booked with Dr. Lilya. The consult with the dermatologist is purely to get a diagnosis (if possible) to help us figure out the root cause.

I would also highly encourage you to watch my course on mold AND also get Dr. Jill’s course on mold for kids. It’s super affordable ($47) and B Better members also get a discount by using code BBETTER. With children, there’s lots that you can do with food therapy.

But please don’t get overwhelmed. I would take this 1 step at a time. First, I would see a dermatologist (or two) to know WHAT it is.

In paralell or after, I would work with Dr. Lilya to order some functional tests like Mycotox given your history.

And in the meantime while waiting for appointments and results, I would learn more about mold in kids to get you prepared just in case that’s the next step you have to take.

Hope this helps…

 I just realized I didn’t get back to you. I had asked the dentist about Invisalign causing nausea, and he said that yes, it does happen to some patients. He said in some people, having something in the mouth triggers the gag reflex. He said it’s more common in pregnant women.

to answer your question about mold. Unfortunately, mycotoxins have been found to cross the placenta and become more active inside the uterus, and it has also been detected in breast milk. I share more in this video in the mold course.

Given your history of exposure to mold and mycotoxin illness, and seeing that your little man has been struggling so early on in his life (all of his symptoms are immune related!), I would definitely want to rule this out as a possibility. Let us know if you want a requisition to order the test.

In addition, as Daniel mentioned, a full dairy elimination would be the next step. If it’s easy to remove gluten, I would do that as well for a minimum of 30 days, and then re-assess if there’s been improvement with the rashes. Remember that food sensitivities are delayed immune reactions, which makes them really hard to pin point. Symptoms can appear right away or 5 days later. A full elimination and re-introduction is the best way to test it. Here’s a handout.

If you haven’t seen a dermatologist yet, it would be worth a visit to get a better clinical picture as well. We’ll be able to better guide you if there’s a proper diagnosis.

Dr. Lilya Chub at Hope Health & Healing is an integrative medical physician who works with children and can also run functional tests, so you might be able to get some functional tests reimbursed through insurance if you have any.

 knowing your history with mold, are you and your family still exposed to mold? The question to be asking is: what is compromising his immunity?

The randomness of the rashes can also be tied to food sensitivities. Does he consume any of the common suspects like dairy, gluten, corn, yeast, peas, eggs, and some nuts like almonds and cashews?

Do the spots appear and disappear? Or are they always there but they intensify at times?

Does he have any other symptoms that you can tell us about?

Hi  – great question! I LOVE homeopathy and have personally started learning more about it and homeopathic cell salts.

The history behind homeopathy… it was developed by a German physician named Dr. Samuel Hahnemann in the 18th century. The prefix “homo” in Greek means “same”. After conducting extensive research on botanical medicines, he evolved the hypothesis that “like cures like”, which basically means that the same substance which is causing the symptoms of a particular disease in a healthy person often resulted in curing those same symptoms when someone was ill.

In the book An Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Homeopathy, Dr. Wheeler explains that:

“the success of vaccine therapy comes to strengthen the possibility that ‘like’ may be a remedy for ‘like’, for if it is not homeopathy to make remedies for diseases out of the agents which are held to be the causes of the diseases it is difficult to find a better word… Vaccine therapy does not prove the truth of homeopathy, but does it not make it less paradoxical and incite to independent research?”

In simpler words, vaccine therapy which is highly accepted in conventional medicine basically uses a small pathogen to “cure” the body of the same infection itself. The concept of homeopathy using ‘like cures like’ in very tiny doses is similar.

The difference however is that it is very individualized. Because just like functional medicine, each person will have their own set of unique symptoms and root causes. So finding a good homeopath who will get a full health history and determine the root causes is key. Because it’s all about finding that “right” remedy.

Now there are more than 2000 remedies in homeopathy, so what I’m currently learning about are homeopathic cell salts, which are only 12.

Dr. Schuessler, another German physician practicing homeopathy found that he could simplify the repertoire down to 12, which are minerals!

In the Schuessler dosages, far less than 1 part per million of the mineral is present in the final cell salt, which is the mineral and milk sugar (so it tastes sweet). And because the dose is so so tiny, there’s no harm that can be done, even if you don’t need that particular mineral! 

But the idea is that because the dose is so tiny, it supplies the body with a micro-nutrient that enables the body to rebuild itself on the cellular level.

If you want to learn more about cell salts, I recommend these 2 books:
• Homeopathic cell salt remedies
• Facial diagnosis of cell salt deficiencies

I’m learning how to use cell salts to be able to add them to my medicine cabinet repertoire.

Hope this helped answer your question.

I just added a “homemade electrolyte drink” recipe in the resources for May’s new content. You can find it here.

It’s made with coconut water (hydration & potassium), magnesium capsule, salt (sodium), and OJ (vit C & flavor). But like Daniel mentioned, you can also buy a pre-made electrolyte and mix it to water. I share some brands here in the Hydration pillar inside the Beginner’s Health Roadmap.

Brands: LMNT, Humantra (in UAE), Redmond’s Re-Lyte, Seeking Health Optimal Electrolytes.

And our next live call is tomorrow May 11 for a member Case Study at 10am Dubai time. What is it that you’re needing help with? You can always email support@bbettermembership.com for technical support.

Hi  – I wasn’t planning on it, but now that you mention this idea, I think that would be so much fun!! 

My buddy Lucas Aoun (@ergogenic_health) who was also a guest expert in B Better is coming all the way from Australia as a speaker. Let me find out when/what he’ll be talking about, and maybe we can arrange to meet then in support?

I’m glad to see the team you’ve surrounded yourself with. And I’m also glad that we can play a part in your journey as well.

I’m not sure if you’ve seen the protocols we share, but I have one for supporting kid’s immunity when they get sick (click here), and also a guide for adults here in the Resources section.

Feel better soon and we’re here when you need us.