Understanding and Beating Male Pattern Hair Loss

By Rey El


If you're like the majority of men in the world you will have been seeing that your hairline has started receding or thinning. Chances are this is due to male pattern hair loss (MPHL). Men frequently start to spot the signs around the age of 20 to 45. In some cases it can begin earlier and slowly progress over the years. According to the latest studies male pattern hair loss is due to your family history and a hormonal compound called dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

The key purpose for this blog post is to help men subjected to thinning or balding hair to understand about male pattern hair loss (MPHL), as well as the role that dihydrotestosterone (DHT) plays in contributing to MPHL, and what can be done about it.

What You Need To Know About Your Hair Loss

Your hair is essentially made of 4 key components:

- Hair shaft - the visible area of hair that you see on your head.
- Follicle - the part of your skin that's responsible for growing hair.
- Hair root - the part of your hair that's embedded in a hair follicle.
- Dermal papilla - structure containing receptors for male hormones that may make a contribution to hair loss.

Understanding The Hair-Grow Cycle

As an element of the ordinary hair-growth cycle, hair that is lost is repeatedly replaced by new hair. Anything that disrupts your personal growth cycle can and sometimes does lead directly to alopecia. Your hair grows to its maximum length, then will break away from the dermal papilla, a new hair will then start growing.

Here are the three stages or cycles of hair growth:

STEP 1

Anagen - your hair grows actively and reaches its maximum length inside 2 to 6 years

STEP 2

Catagen - In this 2 to 4 week transitory phase, your hair breaks away from the dermal papilla and stops growing.

STEP 3

Telogen - After a rest of approximately 2 to 4 months, a new hair will begin to grow and at last pushes the old hair out.

You are now armed with the basic understanding of male pattern hair loss. Lets put this knowledge to use and take action. Living with thinning hair is no longer an option. Thanks to todays technology you can have a full head of hair just like you once had.




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