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Article: Hair loss: what you need to know ... (Advertisement).(Brief Article)
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- Men's Fitness
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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HAIR LOSS has been a sensitive and frustrating issue for men of all times. Traditionally it has been blamed on poor circulation, lack of nutrition, and clogged hair follicles. But recently, medical science has been able to finally identify the main cause of hair loss. Now, it is a known medical fact that hair loss is an inherited condition triggered by hormones normally produced in the body.
Androgenetic Alopecia or Male Pattern Baldness is due to genetic sensitivity of the hair follicles to a more potent form of Testosterone called DHT or Dihydrotestostrone, responsible for progressive miniaturization of the hair follicle. DHT causes the genetically susceptible ...