Male pattern baldness is a nightmare for all men around the world. The reason for this is that the hair loss due to this condition is not reversible and is permanent.
Once a person starts losing hair and is diagnosed with male pattern baldness, there is nothing one can do except live with the fact that they are going bald and start treatments immediately to try and control the progress of the hair loss.
Male pattern baldness occurs in almost half the men below sixty years of age and in about two-thirds of men when they reach their mid sixties. In some cases it can occur as early as in the teenage years.
While there is no treatment yet that will stop the hair loss and regrow hair, the real cause behind this condition has now been understood quite clearly.
Scientists have now come to a conclusion that male pattern baldness is the result of the action of the male sex hormone Di-hydrotestosterone or DHT on the hair follicles which causes the follicles to shrink and eventually die, producing no hair at all. DHT is synthesized by the enzyme 5 alpha reductase. When this DHT binds to the hair receptors, it causes the follicles to shrink in size and produce thinner hair over time.
It should be noted that DHT is present in the scalp of all normal men, but for men with the baldness gene, the hair follicles are sensitive to DHT.
It is therefore quite logical that the only way to combat the effects of male pattern baldness is to cut down the production of DHT or in other words, control the secretion and synthesis of DHT by 5-a-reductase.
There are two FDA approved treatments available for treating male pattern baldness; Minoxidil and Finasteride.
Although they do not stop hair loss completely, they are quite effective in controlling and in some cases even reversing hair loss. Finasteride was originally used as a treatment for prostate cancer but it later showed good results in treating pattern baldness. It works by blocking 5-a-reductase which converts testosterone to DHT. Finasteride is most effective in stopping the hair loss from progressing and has no effect in regrowing new hair. Another drug by the name of minoxidil does exactly this, that is it stimulates regrowth of hair. It works by increasing blood flow to the hair follicles thus promoting growth of stronger and healthier hair.
It should be noted that once these treatments have started, they should be used throughout ones lifetime or else whatever hair the drugs regrew will eventually fall out. It should also be noted that it can take up to 6 months to see any significant results.
Once a person starts losing hair and is diagnosed with male pattern baldness, there is nothing one can do except live with the fact that they are going bald and start treatments immediately to try and control the progress of the hair loss.
Male pattern baldness occurs in almost half the men below sixty years of age and in about two-thirds of men when they reach their mid sixties. In some cases it can occur as early as in the teenage years.
While there is no treatment yet that will stop the hair loss and regrow hair, the real cause behind this condition has now been understood quite clearly.
Scientists have now come to a conclusion that male pattern baldness is the result of the action of the male sex hormone Di-hydrotestosterone or DHT on the hair follicles which causes the follicles to shrink and eventually die, producing no hair at all. DHT is synthesized by the enzyme 5 alpha reductase. When this DHT binds to the hair receptors, it causes the follicles to shrink in size and produce thinner hair over time.
It should be noted that DHT is present in the scalp of all normal men, but for men with the baldness gene, the hair follicles are sensitive to DHT.
It is therefore quite logical that the only way to combat the effects of male pattern baldness is to cut down the production of DHT or in other words, control the secretion and synthesis of DHT by 5-a-reductase.
There are two FDA approved treatments available for treating male pattern baldness; Minoxidil and Finasteride.
Although they do not stop hair loss completely, they are quite effective in controlling and in some cases even reversing hair loss. Finasteride was originally used as a treatment for prostate cancer but it later showed good results in treating pattern baldness. It works by blocking 5-a-reductase which converts testosterone to DHT. Finasteride is most effective in stopping the hair loss from progressing and has no effect in regrowing new hair. Another drug by the name of minoxidil does exactly this, that is it stimulates regrowth of hair. It works by increasing blood flow to the hair follicles thus promoting growth of stronger and healthier hair.
It should be noted that once these treatments have started, they should be used throughout ones lifetime or else whatever hair the drugs regrew will eventually fall out. It should also be noted that it can take up to 6 months to see any significant results.
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