The Trigger That Sets Male Pattern Baldness In Motion

Male Pattern Baldness which is medically called Androgenetic Alopecia, accounts for over 95% of hair loss in men. Androgenetic Alopecia typically starts taking effect on two thirds of the male population by the age of 35, but about 25% of the male population start seeing the signs of androgenetic alopecia as early as 21.

Don’t Underestimate the impact Androgenetic Alopecia can have. .

Most men are definitely affected emotionally by male pattern baldness. As a matter of fact, most men are extremely unhappy with their hair loss and want to do something about it.

The impact it has on the male ego is underestimated by most people. It can have an impact on the relationships between the male and the people he associates with. Male pattern baldness can even have an impact on career choices.

Don’t be mad at your mama.

The myth that your mother’s father is responsible for passing down the gene that causes male pattern baldness, has been around a long time. Actually, the evidence shows both the mother and fathers side can have a genetic impact on your hair loss. What you are actually inheriting are hair follicles with a genetic sensitivity to DHT. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) has the effect of shrinking the hair follicles. It is shrinkage of the hair follicles that causes the follicles to become dormant. Eventually, dormant hair follicles will die, never to produce hair again.

Let's take a look at this at the micro level.

To be more technical, what is actually taking place is this: in your body, testosterone is converted to DHT by the enzyme 5a-reductase. Your hair follicles that support hair have little receptors on them. These receptors really like DHT and androgens (Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone) and so these receptors collect this stuff, especially the DHT.

After the DHT and Androgens bind to the receptors, the DHT goes into the cell and interacts with the nucleus of the cell. Once the DHT is inside the cell it actually alters the production of the protein by the DNA in the nucleus of the cell. This critical alteration of the production of protein by the DNA of the cell causes the production of hair to cease.

What you actually inherit from your family tree is receptors that have an affinity for DHT. The more affinity for this stuff the more hair you will lose. When DHT is Suppressed, Hair Follicles Continue To Thrive.

The ultimate goal of hair loss products.

The ultimate goal of hair loss products is to block the enzyme, 5a-reductase so that androgens are not converted to DHT. This limits how much DHT is Available to do damage to the protein generated by the DNA of the hair follicle cells.

The exposure to DHT takes time to set the stage for male pattern baldness though. When proper medication is taken to suppress the conversion of DHT, hair follicles continue to thrive. Follicle Miniaturization Takes Time.

Shrinkage of the hair follicle takes 10 to 12 years before it can no longer produce hair. If caught soon enough, the majority of men can live the rest of their lives with a full head of hair. Waiting too long to