Are You A Man? Hair Loss Is Not Inevitable.
The good news is that if you’re a man, hair loss is not inevitable. Over the last few years the mechanisms of male pattern baldness have been well established by science and there are some excellent hair loss treatments that are now approved by the FDA and which are extremely effective. But if you’re a man the most important thing to remember is that hair loss can be treated, but baldness cannot.
I’m sure you’ve heard of male pattern baldness. For men in the range of 20 to 45 years, 95 percent of thinning hair problems are caused by male pattern baldness. This is known technically as androgenic alopecia and is an inherited condition. In other words you inherit genes that cause male pattern baldness from those in your family who came before you.
It has been known for a long time that male pattern baldness was genetic but the actual mechanism that cause to hair loss was not understood. Until this mechanism was understood it was not possible to develop successful treatment for male hair loss.
The mechanism behind male hair loss is this. The male hormone testosterone is converted into a hormone called Dihydrotestosterone, or DHT for short. DHT is produced by the action of an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase. And it is the DHT which causes the hair loss. This is now fully understood by science.
This happens because the DHT gathers around the bases of hair follicles and strangles the hair follicles. It prevents essential nutrients getting to the hair follicle and this lack of nutrients causes the hair follicles to reproduce less successfully, to thin and to die. These are not sufficiently replaced.
Every person loses hair every day. On average person loses around 10,000 hairs each day but these are normally replaced. For those affected by DHT around the hair follicles, more hair will fall out and less will grow. The result is a slow thinning of their hair and an eventual bald spot.
Once all the above was fully understood a successful treatment was possible. The FDA has approved one treatment by the name of minoxidil. Minoxidil is available under a range of product names but not all minoxidil products work the same.
As mentioned the supply of nutrients to their hair follicle is critical to the health of the hair. Minoxidil stops the DHT from blocking nutrients to their hair follicle but it does not supply the nutrients. If there are insufficient hair nutrients available optimum hair health then their hair will still not become as healthy and grow as well as if there was sufficient nutrients available.
The best hair loss treatment makes use of minoxidil to block the operation DHT the same time it supplies the whole range of essential hair nutrients by means of oral supplementation. This two sword approach works much more effectively than simply taking minoxidil on its own.
So remember if you’re a man, baldness is not inevitable. You cannot grow hair on a bald head so it’s important to act fast. The best modern hair loss treatments do work exceptionally well.
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