The General Questions About Provillus Hair Loss
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What causes hair loss? |
The female pattern baldness or androgenetic alopecia is the most common type of hair loss accounting for over 95 per cent of cases. A few cases may also have a genetic predisposition, inherited from the father or mother. The main culprit for hair loss is the hormone dihydrotestesterone, DHT. Testosterone, a male hormone (present in small quantity in females) is converted to DHT by the action of an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase. It is seen that people with a lot of this enzyme (density of the enzyme is genetically programmed) make more DHT. DHT binds to the hair follicles making them dysfunctional and causes hair loss. The growth phase of the hair is shortened making it fall prematurely. It also prevents re-growth of new hair. Read more…
