Monday, 20 September 2010

Fighting baldness

Unfortunately, this makes hair follicles shrink until hairs no longer appear from them and affects the hair we do have. And due to the hereditary aspect, if it runs in your family, it's probably an inevitable part of your future.It's a cruel twist of fate that the very hormone that makes us men - testosterone - also causes our hair to vanish. Yes, the balding process begins when the scalp begins to convert testosterone into a new substance called dihydrotestosterone.

And whilst it's true that there aren't many treatments out there that really work, there are some - like Propecia - which do give your bonce a fighting chance, So far it's the only medically proven treatment available from UK pharmacists.

A couple of other steps you can take are stocking up on soya (some research shows that a molecule produced in the intestine when soya is digested could halt the balding process) and Quitting smoking.

According to a Harvard School of Public Health study, smoking not only increases levels of the hormones that trigger hair loss, it also constricts the tiny blood vessels that supply the scalp, quite literally starving your hair of nutrients.

3 comments:

  1. Hairs are very important part our body. and every parson think about that. and they thinks are look beautiful/handsome, good looking and well favored. Hair loss problem increase of the decrease hormones, smoking any other weakness.

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  2. I guess all things have two sides. Just for instance the testosterone of male can help a lot but it can also make them men bald faster. Whew! The irony of life, eh.

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  3. This is a great discussion. I am a woman who had too much stress in my life a few years back and guess where it affected me? Yes - thinning and hair loss. I did many stress busters, change my diet (got rid of much sugar) and thankfully saw a doctor who said the hair was still able to grow back as long as it hadn't completely died. It did and I am thankful!

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