| There are many men and women all over the world | | | | new chemical called DHT. Now DHT on its own does |
| looking for a hair loss solution, but unfortunately the | | | | not cause baldness, because if it did we would all be |
| majority of treatments seem to either be surgical or | | | | bald as we all have it within us; it is when we inherit |
| medicinal hair loss solutions, and while effective they | | | | the genes that make our scalp sensitive that we lose |
| are not the hair loss solution many would either opt | | | | hair because the DHT can then attach to the follicle |
| for through choice or because they cannot afford it. | | | | and thin it out until it dies. |
| For instance, if we look at having a hair transplant, | | | | Fortunately there are hair loss solutions to be found |
| first of all there is the pain side of it where the hair | | | | in zinc, saw palmetto and nettle root that can |
| and skin from the back or side of the head is cut off | | | | interfere with this process and help prevent the hair |
| and then transplanted to the effected areas. Of | | | | thinning out. Here is how they work:- |
| course after the surgery there is the recovery | | | | - Zinc - As well as being important for cell growth, |
| discomfort too. Then there is the cost of having a | | | | zinc is actually known to inhibit production of 5 alpha |
| transplant: it can be anywhere between $3 and $10 | | | | reductase. |
| per graft and most people need somewhere | | | | - Saw Palmetto - This has been found to also inhibit 5 |
| between 500 and 2000 grafts, which can come to | | | | alpha reductase production thus lowering levels of |
| quite a bill. | | | | prostatic DHT: it is also thought to reduce the |
| There is of course medication as well, but a lot of | | | | receptiveness of the follicle to DHT too. |
| men found the side effect of medication effected | | | | - Nettle Root - This mops up the free testosterone |
| their libido as its aim was to lower testosterone; so | | | | in the body. Unlike medication it is not reducing |
| unfortunately a lot of people do not want to go | | | | production so no side effects on the libido. |
| down that route either. That left alternative therapy | | | | These herbs and minerals can work as a hair loss |
| as a form of a hair loss solution, but could it work? | | | | solution, but they are even more potent when mixed |
| For it to work it would have to effectively combat a | | | | with ingredients that are necessary for healthy cells |
| part of the hair loss process in one way or another. | | | | and promotion of hair growth. They are magnesium, |
| In case you do not know what causes pattern | | | | vitamin B6 and Biotin. Of the three I would say biotin |
| baldness, here is a quick explanation. When there is | | | | is the most critical as it is essential for hair growth, in |
| free testosterone in the body it mixes with an | | | | fact if you are totally deficient you will not have |
| enzyme called 5 alpha reductase: this in turn creates a | | | | eyebrows or eyelashes either. |