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.
Serum ferritin drops at an estimated 30ng/mL for each full unit of blood removed. Once de-ironed phlebotomies might be as infrequent as 3 or 4 times a year depending upon the patient. How can I prevent disease caused by iron overload? Early detection is the best way to reduce your risk of disease from iron overload/hemochromatosis.