Over the last few decades hair loss treatments have become substantially more effective. Following some significant scientific breakthroughs about the role of DHT in hair loss the best hair loss treatments now use products to combat the role of DHT by increasing the ability of the hair to take up nutrients. Let’s examine what DHT is and how you can combat your hair loss.
DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) is an androgen. An androgen is a chemical that is naturally formed in your body and which controls the development of many male characteristics as they develop. DHT is formed from the male hormone testosterone. It is formed in the adrenal glands as well as the testes, prostate and in particular the hair follicles.
Dihydrotestosterone controls the development of a range of different male characteristics in puberty including the development of facial hair on men.
You’re probably aware that androgenic alopecia, or what is commonly known as male pattern baldness, is something that you inherit from your forebears. In the past the mechanisms of DHT and male pattern baldness were badly understood but now the role of DHT in male pattern baldness is more well-known. It also has a role in female pattern baldness.
It seems that those with inherited male pattern baldness get more DHT developing in their bodies than those who do not have it.
It is estimated that around 95 percent of hair loss in men is caused by the action of DHT. There are other causes of thinning hair in men as well of course.
The method of operation is that the DHT attaches to the base of hair follicles and denies them the ability to absorb essential hair nutrients and effectively strangles them. It forms a sort of waxy base around the hair follicle.
Nutrition is probably the most important factor in good hair health. Nutrients are absolutely essential to healthy hair and lack of essential nutrients causes the hair to become weaker and thinner.
As you can see the role of DHT in hair loss is significant and so the role of nutrition is also extremely significant. New research has shown that by increasing nutrients to the hair it is possible to regrow hair that would have been lost without them.
One of the most well-known hair restoration products is called minoxidil. Minoxidil is the first hair restoration product approved by the FDA for use as a treatment for male baldness and research shows it works well. However remember that minoxidil will not grow hair on a bald head.
However very best hair loss treatment combines minoxidil with other ingredients to go one step further. I have previously mentioned how important good nutrition is in hair health. The best hair regrowth treatment combines minoxidil to increase blood flow to the hair and thereby it’s ability to take up nutrients together with a range of essential hair nutrients taken orally.
Supplying the minoxidil only is only half the equation. It is much better, together with improving the ability of the hair to take nutrients, to supply all the hair nutrients that hair needs to grow well.
There is one product on the market that does better than all others at achieving both these things.
I hope this explains better for you the role of nutritioni in hair loss treatments and shows you a way to tackle your emerging baldness problem.
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