A Look at Male Hair Loss
By Josh Riverside
At a research study held in a university in Norfolk,
Virginia, it was found that 84 percent of men suffering from
hair loss were preoccupied with the loss. They described feelings
of helplessness, vulnerability, and jealousy of men with full,
healthy heads of hair. Men who had begun losing their hair in
their early twenties were more likely to have problems with
low self-esteem.
Male hair loss occurs because of a hormone imbalance. The medical
term for male-pattern baldness is Androgenetic Alopecia. This
term will help you understand the factors involved in excessive
male hair loss. Androgen refers to any of the many hormones
that control the appearance and development of
masculine traits. An example is testosterone. Genetic refers
to heredity, the inheritance of genes from either the mother
or father. Alopecia simply means hair loss. So we could say
that male hair loss occurs because of male hormones affected
by genetic inheritance.
DHT (testosterone and 5-alpha-reductase) is a naturally occurring
hormone that helps in sexual development. Genetic switches in
certain men after puberty cause changes in hair follicles; specifically
androgen receptor sites on the follicles that regulate healthy
hair growth. As DHT levels increase as men age, binding at the
follicle receptor sites increases. This causes an imbalance
in the biological processes of the hair follicles that are more
sensitive. Slowly, the follicles begin to degrade as DHT builds
up on the site causing hair to grow back thinner and shorter,
eventually making it so thin and short that it can't be seen.
Men lose their hair in different ways based on their genetic
predisposition. Male hair loss usually involves receding at
the temples, loss on the top of the head, and thinning over
large areas. These patterns are identified on something called
the "Norwood scale," which classifies different types
of
hair loss.
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