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.
The fact that male hair loss was genetic has been known for a long time however it has not been understood clearly the actual mechanism that causes the hair loss. This si the reason an effective hair loss treatment has not been produced until relatively recently. It was only when the exact mechanism behind male pattern baldness was understood that it was possible to produce a baldness treatment.
This is the mechanism behind male hair loss. In those genetically predisposed to be male hormone testosterone is converted into another hormone called Dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. An enzyme called 5-alpha reductase converts testosterone into Dihydrotestosterone. And it is this DHT which is the cause of the hair loss.
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.
It’s well known that everyone loses hair everyday. The average person loses around 10,000 hairs everyday which are normally replaced. But those who are genetically predisposed to an excess of DHT find that more hair dies and less grows to replace it resulting in a slow thinning the hair and the development of a bald spot.
Once science understood this mechanism it was possible to develop a successful and effective treatment. There is an FDA approved treatment that goes by the name of minoxidil. Minoxidil is available under various product names but not all these work as effectively.
As mentioned the supply of nutrients to their hair follicle is critical to the health of the hair. Minoxidil increases the blood supply to the hair follicles so allowing them to take up more nutrients, but 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 operates by increasinmg the ability of the hair to uptake nutrients by means of the use of minoxidil and at the same time providing the entire range of essential hair nutrients by means of oral supplements. This is a two-pronged approach and is far more effective than the use of minoxidil on its own.
Remember if you’re a man hair loss can be reversed however you cannot grow hair on a head that is already bald. The best hair loss treatments work well but you need to act fast.
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