What causes hair loss?

Male Pattern Baldness (MPB) is a genetic trait. It’s called Androgenetic Alopecia. It’s inherited from your family. If the men in your family are showing a bald spot on the crown, it’s likely you will too.

This is an issue men have been dealing with for centuries. According to legend, Julius Caesar invented the laurel leaf wreath to cover his receding hairline.

Too bad Julius didn’t have access to Provillus in the days of the Roman Empire.

MPB results from genetic traits, and hormonal causes. Provillus can’t change your genetic history, but it can help with the hormonal causes.

DHT is the hormone involved in hair loss

DHT (dihydrotestostrone) is derived from androgen, a male hormone. As the androgen circulates through the bloodstream, it is converted to DHT by the enzyme, 5-alpha reductase. DHT tends to bind to hair follicle receptors,
causing the follicles to sprout thinner and thinner hairs until nothing regrows, and the follicles eventually wither away.

The life cycle of normal hair growth

Normally, hair has three phases of growth:

  • Anagen – The growth phase, lasts for two to six years. Usually 90% of the hair is in growth phase.
  • Catagen -- A transient phase lasting a few weeks. The hair becomes thinner and the follicle starts shrinking.
  • Telogen – The thinned hairs fall off to make way for new hair. This lasts for two to four months.

When excess DHT is in the bloodstream, it shortens the Anagen, or growth phase, and causes premature shrinkage of the follicles. Because the DHT is bound to the follicle, often the hair will not re-grow normally.


Provillus helps block DHT from strangling your hair follicles.

Minoxidil, the ingredient clinically proven, and approved by the FDA for re-growing your hair, inhibits DHT. This powerful active ingredient works in your hair follicles.

We add a nourishing blend of natural herbs and minerals to the formula for men. These herbs and minerals support and provide nourishment to nourish your scalp and hair.

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Information On Hair Loss Surgery For Men

By Richard M. Hayes


Male pattern baldness affects two-thirds of all men. It happens gradually and is by far the most common reason for male hair loss. While it can not be prevented, there are ways of slowing it down or disguising the situation. It is possible to undergo a course of drug therapy, but for a more lasting solution there is hair loss surgery.

This process is basically one of transplanting. It involves taking hair from the back of the head and transferring it to the bald parts on top, in the front and at the sides. In other words the bald areas are being minimized using strands from the more fertile areas.

The procedure involves skin grafting. Slivers with one to six strands are taken and put into place in a very small cut made in the bald part. This method enables the surgeon to quickly and skilfully construct a fertile new patch. These types of graft enjoy success because the tiny piece that is being transplanted keeps all its own attributes, and has no need of any from the new environment.

When thinking about surgery, or indeed, any treatment of the area, it is advisable to consult your doctor first. Not only can he explain all the little nuances involved, but he can recommend someone to do the job. If you don't go to your doctor first, you should check out thoroughly the credentials of the surgeon you have chosen, as it is all too easy to be taken in by a charlatan.

Transplants do not come cheap, so find out exactly what you are letting yourself in for before agreeing to anything. You should also know that hair loss can continue around the transplanted areas. This means that you should be ready to undergo further treatment in the future if your scalp takes on a less than pleasing appearance.

When the surgery is complete, you will sport a natural look of your own color and pattern. The process doesn't take long as a surgeon can graft three thousand pieces in one single day. Recovery time is also quick. Expect to take from two to four days before you can be about your normal daily life.

There are, however, some possible side effects. You may experience itching where the little scabs form, but this should only last a couple of days. Also, the transplanted hair will probably fall out quite soon after, but this is normal.




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