| Each hair remains on your head for two to six years, | | | | somewhere between 30 to 40 years of age in men |
| and during most of this time is continually growing. | | | | and is essentially a cosmetic disorder, which is |
| The part you see and style is called the hair shaft. | | | | relevant because most health insurance plans will not |
| It's actually dead tissue made by your hair follicles | | | | pay for cosmetic care. |
| tiny bulb-like structures beneath your scalp's surface. | | | | You see, in many cases, female hair loss is just a |
| One common disease is a disorder known as lichen | | | | temporary occurance and hence, finding aH.R. solution |
| planus. Hair loss is an indication that there can be a | | | | to it is relatively easy. We are bombarded with a |
| problem that is happening inside your body. Provides | | | | constant stream of advertisements sponsored by |
| optimal nourishment for you hair, because a woman | | | | beauty salons, hair care products and hair loss |
| is also troubled by hormones you need to control the | | | | treatments on looking good through a crop of |
| situation. | | | | beautiful hair. |
| Loss of female hair is not the same as male hair loss | | | | Millions of people all over the world are struggling in |
| determined by heredity. Illness and medication, like | | | | the endless battle to stop their H.R. Maybe just the |
| chemotherapy to treat cancer, can cause H.R. It can | | | | thought would cause our hair follicles to shrivel up and |
| also be inherited from a parent. | | | | die. |
| Basiclly men suffering from androgenetic alopecia | | | | From small bald spots to high level loss of hair, |
| have extremely high levels of the chemical | | | | different people can be affected in different ways, |
| dihydrotestosterone, a by-product of the major male | | | | often depending on the cause of the problem. The |
| hormone testosterone, so when this hormone is | | | | claim that bald men are actually les virile than these |
| converted into DHT the results are H.R., to blocks | | | | with hair is actually patently false, as men |
| the production of DHT and without reaction with | | | | experiencing H.R. are actually doing so due to large |
| testosterone. | | | | amounts of testosterone in their bodies. |
| It has been a cause of great distress for people, | | | | Generally women are not affected from H.R. much |
| mostly men, not only because it greatly affects one's | | | | but men are prone to losing it. Women rarely |
| appearance negatively but also because it could be | | | | become bald, but H.R. is common. Many companies |
| an indication of some health problem lying underneath. | | | | have jumped on the hair loss bandwagon because of |
| Ineffective products and misleading advertising are | | | | our own enormous desires to eliminate H.R. from our |
| only partially to blame. | | | | lives, not to mention the unlimited amount of money |
| This is the gradual loss of hair that usually begins | | | | that we are willing to spend on this quest. |