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, September 20, 2011

Women's Hair Loss - Why Does It Happen?

By Janice Brown


Women's hair loss happens for different reasons, and it's more prevalent than most people know. Another thing that is so surprising about this issue is that hair loss in women can often happen just as much as it does in men, yet there's so much more awareness about the condition in men. Ok, then why don't you hear about the situation for women as much?

There are not many, if any, media programming on the subject of female hair loss problems. What is known at this point is there is more than one reason for a thinning hair condition seen in women. Continue reading to discover some of the reasons why a woman's hair may begin to thin.

It's just like there is no real pattern because it's all over the top.

It's no wonder with all the incredible changes occurring during pregnancy that a woman's hair is also greatly affected. Some women lose hair faster than normal and others will grow it faster than normal. This is quite common after the baby is born when all of the extra hair that grew in while the woman was pregnant starts to be shed.

Naturally, if a mother doesn't know about this it can be a little bit startling. However once the body chemistry and hormones return to normal then things will settle down with the hair. All you need to do is be patient and try not to freak out too much.

One big contributor to hair loss in women is menopause. Hair loss is a part of menopause, but there are many other changes that happen, as well. Typically, it is only after menopause has occurred in a woman's life that she begins to experience the bulk of her hair loss. The marked decrease in estrogen after menopause causes a ripple effect throughout her body. Unlike other types of hormone imbalances, however, in this case the hair loss cannot be brought back through hormone replacement therapy alone. There could be other options that you may be interested in, so speak with your family doctor. There are very many causes for women to experience hair loss. It is true that there are emotional causes, physical causes, and even causes due to the environment. But the one way you can find out definitively is to see your doctor for tests. Whatever the cause, they will help you to find out for sure what it is. Don't think you do not have options because that is simply not true.




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