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Male Pattern Hair Loss and its Causes
Men suffer from baldness at all ages. More than one quarter of men in their 20′s and 2/3rd of all men who have crossed the age of 60 suffer from hair loss. Men are affected socially as well as psychologically by hair loss. Baldness is a result of damaged or shrunken hair follicles. On an average , one follicle lives for about 5 years, out of which 4 years are spent growing. Testosterone is a hormone which is present in males. An enzyme 5 alpha reductase converts it in to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The follicles are affected adversely and the growth is slowed down, which leads to hair loss. The hair follicles are damaged and they are not replaced with new ones. Male pattern baldness is slow but irreversible in the later stages.
The Most common causes of hair loss in man
There are many factors, which cause excessive hair loss. Hormonal problems cause hair loss. Hair loss occurs when the thyroid gland is under active or overactive.
Genetics – Male pattern hair loss is caused by genetics in most cases. The genetics can pass on to you from one or both of your parents.
Drugs – Some medications also cause hair loss. This kind of hair loss can stop, when you discontinue those medicines. Anticoagulants, or blood thinners and medicines used for treating gout, high blood pressure, or heart problems, are known to cause hair loss.
Disease – Hair loss can be caused by certain diseases, but this happens rarely. If you think that a medication which you are taking is causing hair loss, then contact your doctor and take expert advice.
Experiencing Male Pattern Baldness? Discover the “pattern” Secret in Men and Women Hair Loss!
You probably never thought male pattern baldness or balding patches would happen to you!
For the first time in your life you look in the mirror and notice your hairline is receding! If you are a woman, you might be experiencing patches of hair loss!
In my case I was experiencing both; an extreme receding hairline and a bald spot!
Maybe you never stopped to think why male pattern baldness looks the same for everyone who is losing hair. Of course, that’s why it’s known as male “pattern” baldness!
I never thought about it until I started searching for natural home remedies for hair loss for myself!
What Causes the Pattern?
First we need to understand what significantly contributes to hair loss in women and men.
It’s excessive oil!
Natural home remedy hair specialists who have been in the field of restoring hair loss – with success – for 20 years, say that 99% of the time hair loss in both men and women usually comes from one thing. Excessive oil!
This oil is called sebum. When this oil gets clogged in your scalp it stops the hair follicle from growing. Eventually the oil will prevent the root from surfacing. The end result is a receding hairline and what we know as “hereditary male pattern baldness” and androgenetic alopecia.
Also experts know that hair on a man’s head grows “straight out” in some areas and in other areas grows laying down. This direction of hair growth is what forms the hereditary pattern in men’s hair. For women, it’s quite different in terms of the direction their hair tends to grow.
