Online guide for hair loss

Your online guide to hair loss:

Learn the basics before you buy any treatment

Before you consider purchasing this product, it makes sense to learn a little about loss-- and growth. So we'll go over how it grows, why people lose their hair, and potential causes. We'll also cover the main ways to stop this and regrow it.

How Hair Grows

Before we get started, know that it goes through different "stages". About 90% on a person's head is in a 2-6 year growth stage. The remaining 10% is in a 2-3 month resting phase. It is estimated that most people shed about 50-150 per day. Upon shedding, the growth stage begins again as new from the follicle that shed replaces that hair. Normal in growth, this process repeats itself for many years.

Most problems with this issue occur when this natural rate of shedding exceeds the rate of regrowth (and/or the regrowth is thinner and shorter). Obviously this leads to baldness.

What Causes Hair Loss

It is believed that hair loss is caused by an increase in testosterone (occurring after puberty) which eventually leads to an imbalance in too much DHT combining with androgen receptors. DHT (dihydrotestosterone) is formed when testosterone and an enzyme called 5-alpha-reductase combine.

Basically, the over-abundance of DHT in follicles causes hair to grow back thinner and shorter, eventually causing androgenetic alopecia (a fancy name for male pattern baldness). The above scenario is mainly attributable to genetics or an underlying medical condition.

Temporary Hair Loss

In addition to permanent reasons for hair loss such as genetics, there are also a number of causes for temporary hair loss. Hair loss can generally be halted in these cases when the underlying causes are removed. There are also a number of OTC supplements for dealing with some of these causes:

Scalp infection

Unhealthy hair treatments and/or products

Medications

Recent medical conditions such as surgery

Poor nutrition

Disease

Medical treatments

How to Treat Hair Loss

There are basically 4 main methods to treat this problem. Some of these treatments are designed to stop hair loss while others are meant to regrow hair.

1. Antiandrogens- work by stopping DHT from combining or binding with androgen receptors
2. Anti-Inflammatories- designed to prevent inflammation, redness, and itching that can occur on the scalp and makes worse
3. DHT Inhibitors- designed to restore a healthy balance of shedding and regrowth by limiting the production of DHT, which leads to in some if left unchecked
4. Growth Stimulants- as the name implies, these treatments are designed to stimulate the growth of new hair

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