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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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Medical Solutions to Getting Older

By Arthur Williamson


There are more than 22,000 members in a group called A4M - the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. The group is a non-profit, and its members are from 105 different nations. They include physicians, other health practitioners, scientists, government officials and general public.

Part of the A4M's purpose includes helping to advance technology of anti-aging treatments and to support practices that improve the human lifespan. They disseminate educational materials concerning treatments and research in the field.

The A4M believes that the disabilities associated with normal aging are caused by physiological dysfunction which in many cases are ameliorable to medical treatment, such that the human lifespan can be increased, and the quality of one's life enhanced as one grows chronologically older.

The A4M seeks to disseminate information concerning innovative science and research as well as treatment modalities designed to prolong the human lifespan. Anti-Aging Medicine is based on the scientific principles of responsible medical care consistent with those of other healthcare specialties. Although the A4M seeks to disseminate information on many types of medical treatments, it does not promote or endorse any specific treatment nor does it sell or endorse any commercial product.

On the cutting edge of Anti-aging medicine are medical practitioners, M.D.'s and D.O.'s, who are considered alternative medical practitioners. These doctors have realized the best treatments for warding off effects of aging are natural remedies that do not do harm to the patient. Often the side effects of conventional medicine result in more harm than good, and noticing that this occurs, these doctors have chosen to administer treatment that gets results without harmful side effects.

For example, hormone replacement therapy has helped untold numbers of men and women deal with effects of aging. One can use synthetic hormones for the replacements, and sometimes these synthetic hormones help deter symptoms of menopause and andropause (male menopause). But they also bring with them increased risk for serious diseases, including cancers and heart disease.

On the other hand, bioidentical hormones used as replacements do not cause any side effects and do not increase risks for other diseases, while alleviating the symptoms they were meant to handle. Bioidentical means that the hormones are identical to the ones the body produces. They come from natural plant sources. Synthetic hormones are compounded from such sources as pregnant horse urine.

So if you are seeking help with effects of aging, and wish to live a long active life, consider seeking a doctor who will use natural remedies and who wishes to bring about results without harming the patient. Ask for recommendations from other patients. A tremendous amount of research has been done in the field of anti-aging medicine, and a doctor who will apply that research in a way that will help and not harm a patient is a gem.




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