Made famous by old adverts, minoxidil was a blood pressure medication with side effects. The side effect that interested them the most was random hair growth.
The main cause of hair loss is inflammation. This inflammation is caused by one hormone: Dihydrotestosterone. It’s a mouthful, but you can just call it DHT for short.
When your hair starts fallin’ out, there are phases. Denial is usually a large part of phase 1. It’s followed by some more denial, and then a total freakout. When you start trying to fix it and google “how to stop hair loss”, Minoxidil is a top result. It won’t ruin your…
Facts first. Your hair will fall out; it’s part of having hair on your head. Hair goes through shedding cycles, so usually, there’s nothing to worry about.
If the amount of hair falling out starts accelerating, gets super drastic, or exceeds 120…
Hair loss, sometimes our enemy. But why does it happen to young men?
DHT. You’ve surely heard that word quite a few times if you hang out in this neck of the woods. Let’s get to know DHT. Its full name is dihydrotestosterone, and it is a hormone created from testosterone. Guys have more testosterone because that’s the hormone that helps guy parts…
Hair loss: terrifying, sleep stopping, panic inducing. All this, mostly because no one is SPEAKING about
What does inflammation have to do with hair loss?
Glad you asked. At its source, hair loss is caused by an androgen called DHT attacking your hair follicles. To keep it simple, androgens result in inflammation, and…
As published on SayarCare.com.
It’s this slow, torturous path of watching yourself lose something you never had to work for; something no one else seems to need to work for.