How Excessive Testosterone Leads To Your Hair Loss
Hair loss has been observed and studied for ages, and some
interesting discoveries were made in ancient times. It was
noticed that eunuchs:
* those males without genitals-never went bald. * men who were
castrated as a result of accidents in battle also never went bald
This was the first sign that testosterone had something to do
with hair loss. It has also been found that the more recessive
the hair gene, the chances you have of becoming bald.
Androgens Testosterone and Adrenaline
What exactly are androgens? Androgens are sex hormones mainly
produced by males. The main male androgen is testosterone.
Androgens are produced by your adrenal glands - testosterone and
adrenaline - which protect your body in stressful situations and
give you the power to respond to dangerous situations.
When you are under constant stress, you have adrenals that are
overactive. Under this stress, you are are producing both
testosterone and adrenaline. The excess testosterone, you create
can be a cause in your hair loss. Also if you constantly over
eat fatty foods and red meat, this will cause an overactive
adrenal gland.
Hair Loss and Prostate Gland
There is a definite connection between Male Pattern Baldness
(MPB) and the prostate gland. The prostate gland is actually a
cluster of small glands in males surrounding the urethra,
located just below the bladder. There is not a lot known about
all the functions of the prostate, except that it serves to
squeeze seminal fluid into and through the urethra during
ejaculation.
Prostate problems can cause serious problems with urination if
it becomes enlarged, and sometimes the prostate becomes
cancerous. Non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate is called
benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
DHT is responsible for the division of cells in the prostate,
and is normally expelled by the prostate. However, when the
prostate fails to expel the DHT, it builds up and causes
enlargement. It has been confirmed that typical North American
and northern European diets lend to the perpetuation of BPH and
prostate cancer, whereas these are uncommon phenomena in other
lands and was even uncommon here in the past.
This is significant since the overproduction of DHT is
responsible for BPH and prostate cancer, and is also responsible
for MPB or androgenetic alopecia.
The findings in research for BPH cures have usually
simultaneously produced benefits in hair growth.
So to minimize the genetic tendency for hair loss be aware of
excess stress in your life and work on reducing it. Learn what
kind of diet is necessary to keep your prostate healthy.
Two additional facts about hair loss are:
* If you are blond-haired, you have a greater tendency toward
hair loss than darker-haired people. But if you are Caucasian,
then you have a greater tendency toward hair loss than
non-Caucasian people.
* Beyond the genetic tendency of certain people for hair loss,
diet seems to play a factor in hair loss. This is good to know,
since this is one additional you can make changes to you to your
lifestyle.