Understanding the difference

Blood tests and HTMA measure entirely different things

A graphic with three sections of health information about hair analysis. The first section mentions higher mineral concentration in hair and trace element detection. The second section discusses months of tissue history, about 2-3 months. The third section describes minerals and toxic metals, including ratios revealing metabolic and glandular patterns, assessed at over 20.
Comparison of blood and urine testing with tissue-level insight from hair mineral analysis, highlighting differences in mineral detection and analysis methods.
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Text-heavy informational slide about using hair as a testing medium for mineral analysis, highlighting benefits like high blood concentration, stable biopsy material, and cost-effectiveness.

  • Yes. You would wait until you have washed your hair 8-10 times, or wait until the roots grow out to 1/2 inch. Many people will have their hair stylist take their sample on the day they go in to get their hair dyed/touched up.


  • Hair is a soft tissue of the body and the test reflects only the metabolic activity in this tissue. This information allows us to infer about mineral levels and other conditions within the tissues of the body.

  • II use Trace Elements Lab, which uses CP Mass Spectrometry, a widely recognized method used by the government and private agencies as the leading analytical method for mineral and heavy metal analysis. - that qualifies and quantifies molecules based on their mass-to-charge ratio. This testing is included in many industries such as clinical testing, environmental testing, geology, genomics, and in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Standard blood testing is excellent in many ways — but it is not optimal for assessing mineral status or heavy metal exposure. Here's why hair tells a story that blood simply cannot.