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, October 13, 2011

Discovering The Best Treatments For Hair Loss

By Eric Huff


With many reasons for hair loss, there needs to be plenty of treatments and remedies available. Some hair loss is only temporary and eventually your hair will start to grow again. If the situation is permanent hair loss, it could be trickier to find the right solution.

In some cases, hair loss is caused by prescription drugs you're taking for a medical reason. Numerous drugs can have this kind of effect on you, and they include things like antidepressants and chemotherapy. Men who take steroids for athletic or endurance reasons are at risk of losing their hair, as well as some other effects. If you suspect any medication you're taking is causing your hair to get thinner or fall out, talk to your doctor and a change may be possible. It's important to bare in mind the fact that it's more common for natural hair loss to occur than hair loss as a result of taking medication, so if you are taking some kind of medication it doesn't mean that it's causing your hair loss.

If you're somebody who has a bad diet, or you drink and smoke a lot then you might just have a build up of toxins, and changing things in these areas might be all that's needed. Firstly you must stop doing things like smoking and drinking excessively as they're toxic and have been proven to cause hair loss. Even drinking large amounts of caffeine may be detrimental, as this can dehydrate you. Drinking plenty of water is, on the other hand, one of the best things you can do to detox.

There are certain medications that have been proven effective for hair loss, though they don't always work for everyone. Finasteride and Minoxidil also known as Rogaine have been approved by the FDA. The reality is that Rogaine is one of the best known treatments for what is known as male pattern baldness, it is only effective for about half the men who take it. Finasteride or Finasteride works best in the early stages of hair loss. In other words, if you've already lost all or most of your hair, it's unlikely that any drug will restore it. If this is the case, hair transplant surgery may be your only option.

Not all medications will work for everyone. For hair loss the FDA has approved Finasteride and Minoxidil (better known as Rogaine). Male pattern baldness is treated with Rogaine. Propecia or Finasteride has a better track record for this problem. So, if you have already lost all or most of your hair, it is unlikely that any drug will restore it. The reality is, if this is where you are at then hair transplant surgery may be your only option. To conclude, hair loss has no magical treatment that will actually work for everyone. The closest thing to such a treatment would be hair transplant surgery, but few would consider an expensive surgical operation magical. This is not to say that what has been discussed in this article, and the many techniques, will not work for you. You may, however, have to use several techniques over time before you see positive results.




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