DHT is a substance found in all mens bodies. It’s a derivative of our hormone testosterone. Our bodies synthesize DHT form testosterone on a regular basis, the catch is some of us make a little too much.

DHT the Cause of Premature Hair Loss

What happens is DHT finds it’s way to your scalp and latches itself onto your hair follicles. Not every follicle is affected at once, so it’s possible to reverse these effects if you catch it early enough.DHT slowly shrinks the size of a hair follicle it’s attached to, this also shrinks the size of the hairs that can grow from those follicles as well. Eventually this results in the follicles not being able to grow hairs at all and they become dormant.

Blocking DHT

There is good news, DHT isn’t a death sentence for your hair. There are several hair loss supplements  topical treatments designed to reduce the amount of DHT that is produced, or block it from attaching to the hair follicles. Treatments taken orally usually reduce the amount of DHT being produced while topical treatments such as shampoos stop DHT from acting on the scalp.

To ensure you get optimum results from any hair loss treatment you must use it consistently. Those men that find they do not get results using hair loss products usually aren’t following the instructions from the manufacturer.

Getting Started

For those of you who might be a little shy about buying a hair loss product there are a lot of products available or order online. In fact one of the best shampoos for hair loss is manufactured by a company called Nisim you can order their product directly and discretely online.

Other manufacturers also sell direct to the consumer and there are also larger skin care and beauty websites such as Sephora and Amazon that also sell hair loss treatments. You must do something about it now. The longer you go without treating hair loss the higher risk you have of not being able to have effective hair regrowth.

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