Hair fall in men is a terrifying discovery for most men. But it’s generally accepted because it’s much more prevalent than hair fall in women. So most people tend to think that it’s just normal; and so, therefore, nobody really gets upset about it except the men who are losing it.
Most men find losing their hair to be very disturbing because they associate it with old age. This is especially true because usually they’re not old when they start losing their hair. Statistics show that 50% of men experience hair thinning by the time they’re 30. What’s worse is that a quarter of those men losing their hair because of heredity (which is a very high percentage–95% of male pattern baldness)–a quarter of them actually wind up losing it before they turn 21. So as you can see, hair fall in men can be especially shocking the earlier one finds out that he is losing his hair.
After the initial shock you then rush to find a treatment or cure on the Web to end this curse. And what do you find? A plethora of hair fall treatments ranging from topical solutions and foams to hair fall vitamins and shampoos. Of course, you can get a check-up with your physician to see if it’s an hormonal imbalance or stress like losing your job or experiencing a death in the family. And you can even see your dermatologist to check for your scalp and hair follicle condition.
So this hair fall discovery in men–especially when they’re young–leads to seeking help from a lot of different treatments. Not all of these treatments work. Every body is different, and the response to each treatment may also be different. Some may be allergic to ingredients that others are not. Others may not have the same hair fall condition. It could be stress such as a sudden death in the family or job loss. But most of the time it is hereditary.
Okay, so what exactly did you inherit hair fall from? Well, you were born with a genetic predisposed sensitivity to a hormone called dihydrotestosterone (or DHT for short). You see because your brain easily detects this DHT, it over-reads it as something that is harmful. The brain reacts the same way when one has an allergy to something such as to hay or ragweed. When your brain detects the substance entering your nasal passages, it reads it as an attack or invasion. To protect you, the brain secretes its defensive mucous which makes you feel sick. So in reality the hay or ragweed is not making you sick; it is your own body causing you to feel that way.
It’s the same thing with hair loss. Your brain is telling your body that this chemical, DHT, is harmful, when it’s not–you’re just sensitive to it. So in trying to protect your hair follicles from this perceived danger, DHT, the brain tells the follicle to close up, start shrinking back from the chemical. And as the follicle shrinks, it can’t hold the hair since there’s less follicle there. So then the hair stays in the follicle less time before it falls out. And eventually as the follicle gets smaller and smaller, it will not regrow any new hair.
So you will notice that as your hair starts to thin, the hair itself will get thinner, duller, weaker, and it will fall out sooner because the follicle is shrinking. It’s not getting the right nourishment to the hair strand. It’s not able to hold the hair strand in as long as it would the other hair. And then you’ve also got some hair follicles that are way more advanced, so they’re completely closing up. And of course, when they close up, there is no way to hold the hair strands in the hair follicles.
So a good way to remedy hair fall is actually to block the chemical DHT for your brain so that it doesn’t tell the hair follicle to shrink. And that’s why a lot of people look for DHT-blocking treatments or pills. Minoxidil is FDA-approved as an ingredient that does in 80 percent of users, block DHT, and in time allow them to regrow hair.
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