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Male Pattern Baldness is a condition of hair loss that exhibits itself in men
from the ages of fifteen to the age of seventy-five. The earlier and latter ages
being atypical. Quite the opposite of what most people think the hair fallout
that occurs in is quite irregular normally taking place over a period of 12-15 years.
Often times with this condition the scalp will experience the shedding of
follicles in one location of the scalp yet seemingly be immune in a polar
opposite area. As an example hair recession along the frontal hairline may occur
strictly along the part line while the other side of the forehead remains
impervious to it for a substantial period of time. Likewise the
gradual appearance of a bald spot does not signal the
rest of the scalp is shedding follicles at the same rate but only that hair
growth and loss is affecting that area at an accelerated pace. The end results
though do present themselves with various stages of male pattern baldness
exhibited by the Norwood Scale. Theories abound as to what causes this condition
often referred to as male alopecia or androgenetic alopecia and below we will
present some of them to you.
Theories of Male Hair Loss
The medical model has always lent itself to the idea that
most
types of hair loss
are related to genetics. These theorists often
point to the study of twins in their arguments but recognize that pattern
baldness is an exceedingly complex issue and there may be an infinite range of
factors that influence its appearance. Still today there is debate
as to whether pattern baldness has a relationship to the mother's or father's side
of the family if any. The only thing scientists are in total agreement about is
if pattern hair loss is present in your family tree then there is a likelihood
others in the lineage will experience it at a later time. The problem though is
these same researchers have never been able to accurately determine what future
members of these same families will inherit this hair loss trait even with gene
studies.
Current medical models seem to agree that most forms of
pattern baldness today have a basis in dihydrotestosterone otherwise known as
DHT. Dihydrotestosterone is a hormone formed by the metabolism of the male
hormone testosterone or cholesterol. When the balding process begins the hair
follicles in the affected areas of the scalp markedly increase the production of
the enzyme 5-alpha reductase, which converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone.
Once this occurs the hair progressively stops growing and enters a stage of
follicular miniaturization. This miniaturization process gradually decreases
the diameter of the hair shaft to the point where many refer to it as "baby
hair" or vellus hair. Even with the mentioned
medications below its quite possible they just agitate the follicle into further
production or stimulate chemical messengers that have long been dormant.
As one might surmise since DHT is regarded as one of the
primary culprits behind male and female pattern hair loss a whole industry of
hair loss treatments has arisen from this. In theory by eliminating the effects
of this hormone you can prevent the resultant loss of hair. Probably three of the
more recognizable products that inhibit the effects of DHT are minoxidil,
dutasteride, and
finasteride.
The actuality though is there are dozens of solutions that seek to accomplish
the same via an array of methods. Plus not all of the top researchers believe
male pattern baldness is related to this particular hormone so
alternative
theories
are not in short supply.
One of the most important things men should recognize
though is that male pattern baldness is not a death sentence and there are an
array of DHT blockers, treatments, and medical procedures such as
hair
transplants
or
hair restoration
and even
hair
cloning
for prevention of this malady. At Trilshun we’ve
assembled an army of tips and little known cures to help you achieve what you
may think is an un-winnable fight with the causes of thinning hair. With our
information you should be able to reclaim much of the hair you’ve lost and
even gain new hair. So let us help you win the war you may be fighting with male
pattern hair loss.
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