Hair samples should be sent away for a Doctors Data Incorporated (DDI) – Hair Elements Test as recommended by Andy Cutler. Examples of many hair tests can be viewed on our hair test page.
- To understand the hair test, please purchase Hair Test Interpretation book
- Join the Frequent Dose Chelation Yahoo group for free, where members will help you interpret your hair test.
Since only doctors can order this test directly from DDI Labs in the USA, the easiest way to get a Hair Elements Test without a doctor is:
- Order this test yourself (anywhere in the world) without the doctor’s referral through DirectLabs. E-mail Leigh Wilkerson for more information and to request that a test kit be posted to you. DirectLabs will then obtain the DDI test result and e-mail it to you. The cost is about $93
- If you are in South Africa, go to this page to order the test. The is also R850 plus R30 to register-post the kit to you (will arrive within a week). Then you will send it to DDI yourself (courier = 2-3 days to get there, and registered air-mail is 2-3 weeks), and during this time await your arrival of Andy Cutler’s books, ideally order both Hair Test Interpretation and Amalgam Illness.
In each case a Hair Elements test kit is sent to you consisting of a small paper scale, collection bag and requisition form. A small amount of hair is needed (0.25 grams), and pubic hair can be used if you have repeatedly dyed or bleached your hair. Head hair is preferred. You will then post the envelope directly to DDI (inform DirectLabs that you have posted the tests if in the USA), and the results will be e-mailed to you within a week of the lab receiving the sample.
Once your hair test is returned, you will need to post your hair test to the Frequent Dose Chelation group to help you with the interpretation. You follow the instructions at the beginning of the hair test page, send us the hair test, we will remove your name and post your hair test for you online.

