Hair Loss Tips to Prevent Bald Patches - By: Danny Howell

Alopecia or Androgenetic alopecia is the most common form of baldness caused due to gradual hair loss. It is prevalent in males as well as females as male-pattern baldness and female-pattern baldness. Although the thing is same i.e. in males and females both, alopecia refers to a complete loss of hair but the causes of the same may vary for males and females.

The primary cause of the male-pattern baldness is excessive production of a hormone called DHT on the scalp. Due to the over production of the DHT (di-hydro-testosterone) hormone in males, the blood supply to the hair vesicles get stopped leading to less or no hair growth at all.

When people come to know this cause they start running after the drugs blindly. A drug called Finasteride or Propecia claims to lessen the level of DHT. But be careful as these sorts of drugs do not offer you a good solution because of their probable harmful side effects including excessive breast development (in males) and problems related to erections. When there are natural solutions available without side effects then why run after the harmful drugs and chemicals. Saw Palmetto is one such natural supplement that acts as a herbal DHT blocker. Zinc and pumpkin seeds’ extract is another way of lessening the overall concentration of DHT.

Don’t get carried away by the cause of alopecia and try to reduce DHT to its marginal level because this hormone plays very important role in the proper development of males. The fact is just that increase in DHT level in scalp is not good for your hair as it leads to shrinkage of the hair follicles resulting in decrease of width of hair shaft, which makes hair thinner. Then, a time comes when the hair shaft gets so contract that hair growth is not possible.

To get the treatments and medications work you also need to do some efforts on your part. You can make certain changes in your dietary plan and adopt the hair restoration techniques as well. The hair restoration techniques will reverse the situation and as it sounds would help you to re-store your hair.

Eating healthy is another way of staying healthy. As far as your food consumption is concerned, just eat the vitamin rich diet (Refrain from taking excess vitamin A dosage as it may further promote hair loss). If you are a non vegetarian person, have enough meat and if you are a vegetarian person, you should take plenty of fresh fruits and green vegetables. Healthy intake of food rich in minerals, zinc and fibers can help you to solve your problem to a great extent.

Whether you opt for the natural way or the chemical one the motive remains unaltered that is to control the DHT levels in your scalp so that you can prevent abstain this hormone from binding to the hair follicles. The one advantage you would have in the former way, i.e. the natural one, is that you are not going to suffer from any side effects.

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The causes of hair loss may be many. Bringing into effect the proper preventive treatments can stop hair loss even before it begins by detecting the symptoms.

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