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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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Awareness of Women's Hair Loss

By Janice Brown


Women's hair loss happens a lot more frequently than you might think. While it is true that male baldness commands more attention than hair loss in women, the latter happens almost just as much as it does in men. So why don't you hear about it as often?

For men, the genetic condition of hair loss is referred to as male pattern baldness. As you can imagine, some women experience the same condition, and it is commonly called female pattern hair loss. It's similar to androgenic alopecia, but it's different for women. The thing about women is that the pattern that the hair is lost is different. What normally occurs in men is the hair loss first appears in certain, usual locations, and then it slowly branches out from that spot. Women begin to thin at the crown, and all over the top, and it gets thinner.

One obvious cause that we'll point out right away concerns the different treatments involving cancer therapy. Hair loss or significant thinning can be caused by chemotherapy treatments. Fortunately, there is so much help and support available to women in this category. Women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment can receive free wigs made from real hair by certain charitable organizations. Female hormones can cause this kind of situation, as well. When her hormones become imbalanced, quite a few different issues can arise. Things such as weight changes, or mood shifts, and of course changes in energy levels. The range of effect on hair include outright hair loss, or maybe some degree of thinning, but also an interruption in the growth cycle. If you notice changes in any of these areas over time, then of course the best thing to do is see your family doctor. Your doctor can check your hormones and tell you whether or not you need to start some hormone therapy to balance yourself out.

Women's hair loss is often seen in particular chronic states. It isn't so much the medical condition, itself, as it is due to the medication that is being taken for the condition. Also, in other cases besides the thyroid, the hair loss is one of the symptons that helps your doctor narrow down the condition. As you can imagine, very often the chronic illness will last forever and throughout the remainder of the person's life. There isn't a cure for it, so the symptoms tend to be managed. Also, many times the medication must be taken, there is no substitute, and the hair loss cannot be avoided. Your physician is your best bet when it comes to options for dealing with the hair loss.

What is known is that women suffer from hair loss for a multitude of reasons. Whatever the reason, it is important to know that you are not the only woman who is dealing with this. Women and men have equality when it comes to hair loss. So talk to your doctor and find out what your options are. You will become empowered once you learn the whole situation and find out more.




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