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Methodology

How to order an analysis:

  • By phone, fax, or e-mail - If you would like to order your elemental hair analysis, please phone to: (+48 42) 630 49 11, or e-mail to biuro@biomol.pl to give your address. The questionnaire, bulletin, and a return envelope will be delivered free to the address so indicated.
  • Via the Internet - Elemental analysis patient questionnaire

How to fill out the questionnaire:

  • Write in block letters.
  • Specify your: weight, age, height, and cancerous or neurodegenerative diseases, if any.
  • The reverse page is optional: it will help illustrate your lifestyle and dietary habits.

Hair sampling:

  • For testing purposes, sample approx. 300 - 400 mg hair, i.e. approx. one spoonful.
  • Cut off the hairs from the back of your head in several places (as shown in the drawing).
  • Only the first 3 – 4 cm of the hairs, counting from the scalp skin, are suitable for analysis.
  • If your hair is long, cut the hairs right above the scalp skin, then cut off the first 3 – 4 cm for analysis.
  • If your hair is too short (less than 5 mm), wait for 2 weeks until it grows longer.
  • Sample hairs cannot be dyed.
  • Sample hairs must be cut by a family member or hairdresser with sharp scissors (cannot be chipped).

Test fee:

  • Pay the current fee amount to our bank account.
  • In the “reason for payment” block, indicate your first and last name.
  • Enclose a copy of the proof of payment to the hair samples.

Test report:

  • You can collect the test report personally from the Company’s headquarters, if you have ticked the right box in the questionnaire.
  • The elemental analysis results will be ready within three weeks after the test material delivery date.
  • You will receive the test report with a description of the mineral metabolism and indications of pathological tendencies.
  • For your attending physician, the Laboratory Consultant will prepare dietary suggestions, including vitamin and microelement supplementation.