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Article: Hair loss: what you need to know ... (Advertisement).
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- Men's Fitness
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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HAIR LOSS and thinning hair have been sensitive and frustrating issues for men and it has been blamed on poor circulation, lack of nutrition, and clogged hair follicles. Recently, medical science was finally able to identify the main cause of hair loss.
Now, it is a known medical fact that hair loss is due to genetic and hormonal causes. Androgenetic Alopecia or "Male and Female Pattern Baldness" is due to genetic sensitivity of the hair follicles to a more potent form of Testosterone called Dihydrotestorone or DHT, which is responsible for the progressive miniaturization of the hair follicle. Under the suppressive effects of DHT, hair follicles become thinner ...