How to Maintain Thyroid Health and Prevent Conditions

7. Produce Healthy Skin

The thyroid helps grow and produce other parts of the body, as well, including hair, skin cells, and nails. Healthy thyroids regulate the rate that the skin is renewed, prompting the dead skin cells to shed at a normal pace to maintain firm, smooth skin. The thyroid also facilitates the shedding of dead hair. Slower-acting thyroids retard this process, causing dull and dry skin from a build-up of dead cells. Nails can become dry and cracked, as well.

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