article_snippet.sent: MAY MEAN GOOD CIRCULATION .
article_snippet.sent: Losing the hair on the feet - and also the lower leg - can be a symptom of peripheral artery disease .
article_snippet.sent: It's rarely considered an attractive feature, but hair on your toes could be a sign that your circulation is in good working order.
article_snippet.sent: Constantinos Kyriakides, a consultant vascular surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust, explains: 'Losing the hair in the feet - and also the lower leg - can be a symptom of peripheral artery disease.'
article_snippet.sent: In this common condition, a build-up of deposits in the leg arteries restricts blood supply to the leg muscles.
article_snippet.sent: If you get a blockage in the circulation in the legs, you get a blockage in the circulation in the legs means less oxygen will reach the bottom of the leg - far away from the heart - so the hair follicles there will suffer the most.'
article_snippet.sent: However, some people simply aren't very hairy on some people toes anyway, and some people don't need to worry. '
article_snippet.sent: It's only a sign of poor circulation if you had hair there in the first place,' says Mr Kyriakides.
article_snippet.sent: Such hair loss usually happens to people for whom peripheral artery disease is quite advanced - an earlier symptom is pain in the calves when walking.
highlights_snippet.sent: Hair on your toes could be a sign that your circulation is good .