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, October 16, 2011

Can Appropriate Hair Care Decrease Men's Hair Loss?

By Jane G. McNees


Our hair is often not a top priority. When we start noticing the thinning or disappearance of our hair is when most people begin to worry about it. This is when we kick our hair and scalp care into high gear to avoid further loss. Sometimes your condition is easily treatable with a good hair care regimen. It is a good idea to take care of your hair and scalp to aid in the fight against baldness.

It is a good idea to take care of your hair and scalp to aid in the fight against baldness. It is important to remember that your overall body care is no more important than scalp and hair care. If you don't take care of it then it won't take care of you. If you want to know more practical steps to take to reduce your hair loss keep reading.

Make an appointment for your local stylist. Avoid discount and mall mom n pop shops that offer cheap haircuts and head for a licensed professional who can offer you better advice for your hair and scalp care. Your professional salon on the other hand will have more personalized methods of determining what will work best for your scalp type and hair type too.

Your follicles and scalp however are not benefitted in this manner. Wash your hair and scalp every day for maximum benefit to the scalp and follicles. Medicated shampoos can be too harsh on your scalp. Take care or your scalp first and then focus on hair last to help prevent hair loss in men.

Use a moisturizing conditioner to help strengthen your hair and to keep frizz at bay. Doing this will keep you from ruining your hair follicles and clogging pores not to mention save you money on gels and sprays. To prevent further clogging, you can try using an exfoliating facial scrub on your scalp once a week.

Most facial scrubs are simple enough to be safely used on the scalp areas too. This will keep your pores and follicles from becoming too clogged with gunk to grow hair.

Regular trims are a must. Some believe that because hair is already dead there is no sense in getting it cut or trimmed regularly. However, they don't realize the longer hair gets the more weight you are putting on follicles that hold your hair into your scalp. Reducing this weight can be done with regular hair cuts. They will also help keep your hair healthy and in good shape.

Seeing a stylist regularly can help you catch thinning and loss earlier rather than later. Men's hair loss is something that lots of men worry about. How often do you check out your hairline and wonder if it is farther back on your head than it was yesterday or last week? Proper hair care is not a cure all for hair loss it will reduce the effects and perhaps even slow it down some. Itis just as important to care for your hair as it is any other part of your body.




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