Over the last 10 or 20 years baldness treatments have become far more effective than in the past. Following some significant scientific breakthroughs about the role of DHT in hair loss the best hair loss treatments now use proprietary DHT blockers. Lets see exactly what DHT is and how inhibiting the actions of DHT can work as a hair loss treatment.
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. DHT is formed in a variety of places in the body but in particular the prostate, the adrenal glands and the testes.
DHT controls the development of many characteristics peculiar to men during puberty including hair development, for example the development of male facial hair.
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 to be the case that those who have inherited the genes responsible male pattern baldness develop much more DHT in their bodies than those who do not, and it is the DHT is responsible for the loss of hair.
Estimates range up to 95 percent of men’s hair loss is caused by DHT. There are other causes of thinning hair in men as well of course.
Effectively what happens is that the Dihydrotestosterone gathers around the base of the hair follicle and strangles the hair by means of reducing the amount of nutrients available to that hair follicle. It forms a sort of waxy base around the hair follicle.
Probably the most important function in good hair health is nutrition. Hair requires adequate nutrition good hair health and as the DHT reduces the nutrients available to their hair reproduces less successfully, becomes thinner and weak.
As you can see the role of DHT in hair loss is significant and so the role of DHT blockers is also extremely significant. New research has shown that by inhibiting the role of Dihydrotestosterone in the body it is possible to regrow hair that would have been lost without the role of the DHT blocker.
The best DHT blocker is minoxidil. Minoxidil is the 1st DHT inhibitor 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.
Yet the very best baldness treatment makes use of a combination of minoxidil and other ingredients to take this one step further. I have previously mentioned how important good nutrition is in hair health. The best hair regrowth treatment combines minoxidil as the DHT inhibitor 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 blocking the operation of DHT, 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 DHT inhibitors in hair loss treatments and shows you a way to tackle your emerging baldness problem.
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This post was written by hair_loss on September 28, 2009
