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Causes of Hair Loss
What are the reasons cause your hair loss ?
5 Common
reasons cause to hair loss
5 Common
reasons causes of male hair loss, Why men alopecia ?
Type of
female hair loss & causes of women hair loss.
Top
seven health risks leading to women's hair loss.
What
is DHT and how does it
cause hair loss?
Stress and
hair loss.
Your hair loss only because of stress probably.
Lack
sleep cause
hair loss.
Historical
diseases and
possible hair loss etiologies.
Appearance of
hair loss and
possible etiologies.
What Is DHT And How Does It
Cause Hair Loss?
Other reasons cause your hair loss
Although we do not completely understand how hair loss and baldness is passed down through our genetics, what we do know is that some individuals have hair follicles that are supersensitive to the "DHT" that runs through the blood. DHT is a hormone that stands for
"dihydrotestosterone".
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DHT is an androgen, created from testosterone, and is considered a male hormone. And even though this is a male hormone, women also have a small amount that runs through their blood, some higher than others. When a female inherits hair follicles that are supersensitive to DHT, they start to lose hair just like men do.
When a person inherits the genes for hair loss,
their hair follicles are also sensitive to DHT in
other ways. Not only does a person's hair fall out,
they also inherited hair follicles that, when
regenerated through the three growth cycles, grow
strands of hair that come back thinner and with less
pigmentation. This phenomenon also clears up the
mystery behind why some people have thinning hair
that seems to change color as the person ages.
In other words, it is perfectly normal for everybody's hair to grow and then shed, and then regrow back again. This allows the hair to reenter the anagen phase, then the catagen phase, and finally the telogen phase, which results in a new strand of hair. But now, since a person's hair follicles are sensitive to the DHT in the blood supply, it prevents the hair from regenerating to its normal size after each repetitive growth cycle. They come back smaller and smaller. In time, a person's scalp will contain hair so small that it resembles fuzz, which can barely be seen, hence becoming "bald".
