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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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Upsides And Downsides Involved In Laser Hair Removal Atlanta

By Brianna Bennett


Many people are unhappy with the amount of body hair they have. But the only ways to get fashionably hairless are expensive, time-consuming, painful, or all three. Each method has its pros and cons, just like laser hair removal Atlanta.

Waxing and shaving are temporary processes that lend their effects for only a few days or a few weeks at a time. In contrast, lasers produce a semi-permanent result that lasts for years, in many cases. It is considered semi-permanent because regrowth is common after a period of time, but this period of time ranges from six months to ten years or more.

Lasers are specialized equipment, and must be operated by trained professionals. These facts combine to make the treatments expensive-- several thousand dollars for a full set of sessions, which is usually six or eight visits. Additionally, light hairs and those that are very fine are very difficult or impossible to target, and thus cannot be treated. Modern advances do allow the use of these treatments on dark-skinned individuals, now, however.

Pain is a concern for some people considering the process. Different pain thresholds and experiences mean that people find the procedure anywhere from moderately uncomfortable to intolerable, without some kind of anesthetic. Creams or gels are the usual anesthetic of choice, and generally must be purchased from the salon doing the treatments.

Possible serious side effects from laser hair removal Atlanta include the possibility of temporary or permanent skin coloration changes and more. Less serious but more common side effects include redness, swelling, burning or itching and pain at the treatment site.

Personal choice, pain threshold, price, and many more things go into choosing the right method of treatment for you. If you are looking for a semi-permanent method of treatment and can tolerate the discomfort in your body and wallet, this might be the choice for you.




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