Alastair is an independent researcher in the field of common ailments and alternative medicine.
His website gives an unbiased review on each different hair loss product on the market.
According to scientists, there are three causes of alopecia in either men or women.
Too much DHT
Pseudo-oestrogen chemicals
Lack of vital nutrients
DHT
Free testosterone is broken down into DHT (a more potent form of testosterone). This chemical binds to the hair follicle receptors blocking vital nutrients from accessing the hair. The hair becomes miniaturized and thin and eventually dies. It is what's called the "peach fuzz" look on young men with hair loss.
This is why eunuchs never had any hair loss which got Plato wondering. It is also why only men get male pattern baldness and women don't. Hair loss in women is more evenly distributed with a thinning over the whole scalp. Also, effective DHT inhibiting treatment was only effective on young men with hair loss and not older men or women. Excessive DHT is therefore not the only reason for losing your hair.
PSEUDO-OESTROGEN CHEMICALS
It is normally unheard of for women in China to get hair loss at any age. Over the last 20 years increasing number of Chinese women in the industrialized areas of China are experiencing hair loss. This has been put down to chemicals form the industrial process which mimic the chemical effects of oestrogen. These pseudo-oestrogen chemicals bind tighter to the hair follicle receptors than normal oestrogen does, starving the hair follicle of vital nutrients, similar to the way DHT does.
Also, this seems to the reason for hair loss in obese men. Fat cells in obese and balding men contain more of the enzyme aromatase (responsible for converting testosterone into oestrogen). Also bacteria in fat cells produce oestrogen-like chemicals.
LACK OF VITAL NUTRIENTS
The hair needs a variety of nutrients to sustain itself. The theory is that both DHT and estrogen-like chemicals block the hair follicle by binding to it too tightly. Even without these chemicals, a person lacking in these nutrients will experience hair loss.
There have been experiments on mice which show the effect of a deficiency of certain vitamins or minerals. Scientists knocked out the genes in mice responsible for the regulation of the hair and scalp. These genes are in turn normally regulated by vitamin D. The result was rickets and hair loss with dermal cysts appearing quite early on. When scientists injected naturally "nude" mice with vitamin D, they started sprouting hair at an alarming rate.
It has been shown that copper and zinc, if lacking together, increase a loss of hair. In fact, a copper peptide was shown to induce hair growth in the skin around the wound of a person. The copper peptide was first used as healing accelerant.
For women, a lack of iron and the essential amino acid L-lysine has been associated with losing one's hair. This therapy has proven to be very beneficial for women who are losing their hair.
- Related Videos
- Related Articles
- Ask / Related Q&A
- What You Need To Know About Hair Loss
- Discover Your Cause Of Hair Loss And You May Find A Solution That Can Re-Grow Your Hair
- Causes of Hair Loss Explained
- Top Five Herbs to Fight Hair Loss
- Ways to Hide Hair Loss After Pregnancy
- 5 Ways to Stop Hair Loss
- 5 Ways to Prevent Hair Loss
- 10 Causes of Hair Loss




Lip Enhancement Encompasses Several Different Procedures
By: Dave Stringham | 15/11/2009Lip enhancement using one's own fat is a procedure commonly performed in plastic surgery offices. Fat is typically harvested from the abdomen or hips and placed in sub-mucosal fashion as well as into the muscle of the upper and lower lips.
Inflammation of the Sinuses
By: Brenda Williams | 15/11/2009Sinuses are air filled sacs located in your head. You have four pair: frontal, maxillary, ethmoid, and sphenoid. The frontal sinuses are located in the bone just above your eyes. The maxillary sinuses lie beneath your cheeks. Ethmoid sinuses are on either side of your nose but further back in...
Types of Cosmetic Dentistry
By: Brenda Williams | 15/11/2009Just about everyone wants a winning smile and a winning smile is invariably associated with attractive teeth. It is also connected to self-esteem. Children are often embarrassed to smile, as they are ashamed of their teeth. These feelings often carry over into adulthood. And no matter what other people may...
How to cope with eating out while on a diet?
By: Marc Obadia | 15/11/2009Eating out is a big challenge when you are on a diet. But dieting does not mean that you have to lock yourself up in your room.You still need to socialise. Even when you order breakfast foods like honey-glazed pancakes, waffles, French toasts, you may be consuming more than 1000 calories. The extra calories taken in can very easily sabotage your diet and ruin you plans of losing weight. Here are the top 5 tips you can use to cope with eating out while on a diet.
Coping With Autistic Children In A Family Environment, What Can Be Done?
By: Bonita Darula | 15/11/2009How do autistic children cope in family environments? This is one of the critical questions one wants answered, when they have learned, their child has given the diagnosis of autism. How will this affect their family life, and how can they make life manageable, for the child with autism?
Pandemic Planning and Preparation
By: Elle Wood | 15/11/2009An influenza pandemic occurs with the appearance of a new influenza virus against which no one has any immunity. This results in several, simultaneous epidemics worldwide with high numbers of cases and deaths
Buy Generic Propecia Online At Best Prices for stopping hairfall at buy-generic-rx.com
By: Alexander | 15/11/2009For more information about Generic Propecia, buy Generic Propecia, buy Generic Propecia online, order Propecia, cheap Propecia UK, Propecia, buy generic Propecia without prescription, propecia prescription, Generic Proscar, Generic Avodart, http://www.buy-generic-rx.com for stopping hairfall
Foods that Encourage Weight Loss
By: Patrick Carpen | 15/11/2009Learn about foods that will encourage healthy and long-lasting weight loss.
Which remedies for baldness work?
By: Alastair | 11/07/2006 | HealthWhich remedy for baldness works? With each remedy for baldness I have split up into two categories: "drugs" and "natural". Both remedy for baldnesss are said to work to a degree. The drugs (creams and pills) have had various clinical trials performed on them, but on the downside they are occasionally susceptible to unwanted side-effects