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, November 3, 2011

When To Ask For Medical Advice Concerning Hair Loss

By Owen Jones


Our attitude towards our hair is personal and vital. Some people see their hair as their crowning glory and hence it is a source of personal confidence. It is a personal catastrophe of the first magnitude for these individuals to begin losing their hair.

It is a disaster and their worst nightmare. Most people like their hair and would like to keep it and then there are those who shave it off even though they do not need to.

All in all, this means that most individuals worry about their hair to a certain extent or another. Some people worry unnecessarily though. It is quite healthy to lose roughly 100 hairs a day from your head. This is not only normal, it is vital to having a full head of healthy hair.

If you want to check you incidence of hair loss, comb or brush your hair as usual and count the fall out. Take note however, that you will lose more after shampooing your hair, so count with dry hair.

Some health care experts say that the rate of hair loss is not a function of age, but rather numerous factors including health, nutrition, diet, exercise. They say that age, race and sex are less important than we used to think.

if this is the case, then it is worth doing a hair count from time to time and going for medical advice if the count rises over 100 a day. In fact, the rapid onset of serious hair loss could be a sign of approaching health concerns.

One thing that you have to consider is heredity. Take a look at your grandparents and especially your grandmothers' line. Do not forget that the egg that you came from was made in your maternal grandmother's womb because baby girls are born with all the eggs that they will ever have.

This means that you were inside your maternal grandmother and were subject to all the health concerns that she suffered. The paternal grandfather does not play such a big role, but your father and his father do.

It is not guaranteed that you will follow them because your diet will be different, but it will give you an indication. of what your future head of hair might look like.

As you may imagine, terminal illness are very rough on the body's resources and the medications may be just| as severe in the short term, so do not become surprised if your body diverts resources away from your hair under these conditions.

However, it may do so during less severe bouts of illness, so bear in mind to keep your strength up and suggest to your physician that you take supplemental vitamins.

If you think that you should go to the physician, because you are worried about your rate of hair loss, make sure you tell him everything. Not just what you think is relevant, but about all your bad habits too like whether you drink to excess, whether you burn the candle at both ends and whether you take recreational drugs.




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