1. When drying your hair, don't squeeze it to get rid of water. Instead, wring it out over your shoulder like you were a towel. This is so it dries in vague curls, not in the creases where you squeezed them.
Regular blood donation can be done every 8 weeks. A person with severe iron overload may need to give blood as much as 8 times in a single month! The goal is to bring blood ferritin levels to an ideal range of 50-150ng/mL. Depending on the amount of iron overload at the time of diagnosis, reaching normal levels can require several phlebotomies. Serum ferritin drops about 30ng/mL with each full unit (500cc) of blood removed.
Hold off on the phlebs until you reach 50 on the ferritin. Some people report feeling best at 20 on the ferritin and others at the 50 mark. Each unit of blood contains 20-30ml's of iron. So, if your ferritin reaches the 50 mark, a treatment will put you at the 20-30 mark which is a good balance for someone with HHC.