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, November 8, 2011

Advice For Those Who Have Hair Loss Problems

By Jack Simpson


Finding an effective way to deal with hair loss can be difficult. Those that experience balding usually don't take any steps to prevent it because of this. With the tips provided in this article you will learn how to prevent hair loss and ways to make sure you don't lose more hair.

Avoid alcohol. Not only is alcohol high in calories and sugar, it can lower your blood levels of zinc, vitamin C, and vitamin B. Loss of these vitamins on a regular basis can result in hair loss because hair growth depends on those chemicals. As you lose those vitamins, you lose your hair.

In order to prevent your scalp from becoming dry when you're using a minoxidil product like Rogaine, make sure that you're using ample conditioner when you wash your hair. You need to keep your scalp moisturized. Having an excessively dry scalp may counteract the effectiveness of a product you're taking or using.

To avoid hair loss, take steps to increase your blood circulation. You should get plenty of exercise, take a good multivitamin daily that is rich in B vitamins and vitamin E. Drink herbal teas that increase circulation such as ginger tea and gingko biloba tea. Massage your scalp lightly each night before retiring.

Try not to tie your hair tightly too often. What happens when you do this is that it trains your hair to grow closer to the surface and may eventually just loose the hold on your scalp and start falling out. The hair that is toward the front of your head is most vulnerable to this.

Too much alcohol consumption can cause hair loss. A few drinks a week will not have an affect on your hair, but alcoholism does. If you are an alcoholic, there are many reasons to get help that are more important than hair loss. Talk to your physician and join Alcoholics Anonymous if you are battling an alcohol addiction.

Make sure to brush or comb every day. This is of course normal to do in regards to being well groomed, however, by brushing every day you will stimulate blood flow to the hair follicles. With the increased blood flow you can expect cells in your scalp to be more active and thereby increase hair growth.

To avoid worry about hair loss, don't avoid shampooing too often. One of the common hair loss myths is that over-shampooing can cause hair loss. While treating your hair harshly can cause thinning, shampooing infrequently means more hair sheds when you do shampoo, which can cause anxiety about hair loss. Stick to treating your hair gently but shampooing regularly to avoid this unnecessary worry.

Hopefully, with the information you learned about hair loss and how to go about getting it back you should start to feel more positive. When it comes to hair loss, remember that new information is always coming out so make sure that you continuously seek new sources of knowledge that can benefit you. If you keep on educating yourself and applying all that you learn, then you should see results before you know it.




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