Can Foods and Vitamins Stop DHT? ( Hairloss Information and Hairloss Treatment Malaysia)

Can Foods and Vitamins Stop DHT?

The male hormone, testosterone, is converted into dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, by an enzyme in the body called 5-alpha reductase, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center, or UMMC. DHT is believed to be a key contributor in male baldness -- and may even promote prostate cancer, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Some foods and vitamins may block the formation of DHT.
Soy

Soy, a member of the pea family, has been a fixture in Asian diets for thousands of years, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, or NCCAM. High-protein seeds from the soy plant contain estrogen-like compounds called isoflavones -- and according to Dr. Ray Sahelian, soy also contains a molecule that prohibits the formation of DHT, which is thought to benefit prostate cancer. Preventive Medicine and Nutrition reports that an analysis of 14 studies published in the "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" determined that soy reduced prostate cancer by as much as 26 percent. Soy is found in foods containing soybeans, or edamame, such as soy milk, tofu, tempah, miso, vegetarian meats and soy cheeses and in supplement forms, as well. Though believed beneficial for some conditions, you should consult your doctor before adding soy to your diet.

Phytosterols

Phytosterols, plant-derived sterols similar to human cholesterol, may reduce levels of DHT, according to the Linus Pauling Institute, or LPI. The diets of early humans contained many phytosterols; however, modern Western diets are said to be lacking in these beneficial sterols. The LPI reports that animal investigations suggest that a diet high in phytosterols may inhibit the enzyme, 5-alpha reductase and block the production of DHT. You can obtain phytosterols through food sources, including wheat germ, sesame oil, corn oil, canola oil, peanuts, almonds, macadamia nuts, Brussels sprouts, olive oil and rye bread.

Biotin

According to Medline Plus, the vitamin biotin is a vital enzyme-component in your body that breaks down fats, carbohydrates and other compounds. Some preliminary evidence also suggests that biotin may reduce hair loss -- associated with DHA levels -- when combined with a zinc cream, reports Medline Plus. The LPI recommends that adults receive a biotin intake of 30 mcg daily. Biotin can be obtained through supplements and food sources. Egg yolk, liver and yeast are considered the best sources of biotin; however, lesser amounts of this vitamin are found in many foods, including whole-wheat bread, cheddar cheese, pork, salmon, raspberries and avocado.

What is DHT (dihydrotestosterone)? What is DHT's role in baldness? ( Hairloss Information and Hairloss Treatment Malaysia)

What is DHT (dihydrotestosterone)? What is DHT's role in baldness?

DHT, which stands for Dihydrotestosterone (5α-Dihydrotestosterone), is a male sex hormone, an androgen. 5α-reductase, an enzyme, synthesizes DHT in the adrenal glands, hair follicles, testes and prostate. Male and female adults can lose hair as a consequence of changes in the metabolism of androgen in the body - men more commonly than women. DHT plays a major role in hair loss.

Male pattern baldness, also known as androgenic alopecia or androgenetic alopecia, is caused by the hair follicle's sensitivity to DHT. The follicles miniaturize (shrink), resulting in a shorter lifespan and the abnormal production of hair.

The molecular formula for DHT is C19H30O2.

The most important part of the hair follicle is the dermal papilla (papilla of hair), which is responsible for the growth of hair. The dermal papilla cells divide and differentiate to form new hair follicles. The papilla is in direct contact with the skin's blood capillaries, from which it gets its essential nutrients for proper hair follicle growth. The dermal papilla has a large number of androgen receptors (more in males than females).

Primary Reason Of Hairloss In Men And Women ( Hairloss Information Malaysia)

Throughout history man has searched for the cause of hair loss. It is only in recent years, with greater knowledge of genetics and the chemistry of sexual hormones, that we have begun to understand the causes. One thing that we do know for certain: no matter what we eat, what our lifestyles may be, or what kind of vitamins we take, we never grow more hair follicles than we were born with.

The most common type of baldness is called Male Pattern Baldness or more scientifically, Androgenetic Alopecia. In Androgenetic Alopecia, hair follicles that are producing healthy, terminal hairs begin to produce thinner, shorter, more brittle hairs with weaker shafts (this process is called Miniaturization and the hairs involved are called Miniaturized hairs). Eventually, these follicles produce only fine, almost invisible, short, vellus hairs, or they may die out altogether.

Androgenetic hair loss is caused by the effects of male hormones on genetically susceptible hair follicles. It is related to three interdependent factors

GENE

Common baldness cannot occur without the presence of specific inherited genes. These genes can be passed on by either parent. A gene is a single bit of chemically encoded hereditary instruction that is located on a chromosome and actually represents a tiny segment of DNA. Chromosomes occur in pairs (humans have 23 pairs), and every individual gets one set of chromosomes from each parent. The genetics of androgenetic alopecia is complicated and hair loss is now felt to involve more than one gene. When several genes govern a trait, it is called polygenic.Genes that are located on the X or Y-chromosomes are call sex-linked. Genes on the other 22 pairs of chromosomes are called autosomal. It is felt that the genes governing common baldness are autosomal. This means that the baldness trait can be inherited from the mother’s side of the family or the father’s side. The commonly held notion that baldness comes only from the mother’s side of the family is incorrect, although for reasons not fully understood, the predisposition inherited from an affected mother is of slightly greater importance than that inherited from an affected father.

The term, “dominant” means that only one gene of a pair is needed for the trait to show up in the individual. A “recessive” gene means that both genes need to be present in order for the trait to be expressed. The genes involved in androgenetic alopecia are felt to be dominant.

Just because a person has the genes for baldness, doesn’t mean the trait will manifest itself. The ability of a gene to affect one’s characteristics, i.e. be visible in a particular individual, is called “expresivity”. Gene expression is related to a number of factors, the major ones being hormones and age, although stress and other factors can play a role. To put it simply, a man whose father and uncles are severely bald may have minimal hair loss himself, either because the baldness genes have not been passed on or because the expression of the baldness gene that he did inherit is limited.

It is of interest that, to date, none of the genes for male pattern baldness have been identified. This suggests that any kind of genetic engineering to prevent common baldness is still many years away.

HORMONES

Hormones are biochemical substances that are made in various glands throughout the body. These glands secrete their products directly into the bloodstream so that the chemical they make is spread throughout the body. These chemicals are very powerful; only minute amounts of them have profound effects upon the body.The major male sex hormone is called testosterone. Testosterone and other related hormones that have masculinizing effects are made primarily in the testicles, therefore, the hormonal levels that are seen in adults do not reached significant levels until the testicles develop and enlarge during puberty. In fact, these same hormones are the cause of many of the changes that occur in puberty; change in the voice, growth of the beard and mustache, development of an adult aroma in the sweat, change in the muscular development, and change in the basic body shape.

These same hormones that cause acne and beard growth can also signal the beginning of baldness. The presence of androgens; testosterone, and its related hormone DHT, cause some follicles to regress and die. In women, hormones with androgenic activity cause hair loss as well. In addition to the testicles, the adrenal glands located above each of our kidneys, produce androgenic hormones, and this would be similar in both sexes. In females, the ovaries are an additional source of hormones that can affect hair.

The specific relationship between testosterone and hormonally induced hair loss was discovered by a psychiatrist early in this century. At that time, castration was commonly performed on patients with certain types of mental illness. The rationale behind this procedure was that it was believed to be a treatment for mental illness at a time when there were no other forms of real treatment. Castration seemed to have a calming effect upon many patients and castration reduced the sex drive of patients who had no outlet for their desires. The doctor noted that the identical twin brother of one patient was profoundly bald while the mentally ill twin had a full head of hair. The doctor decided to determine the effect of treating his patient with testosterone, which had recently become available in a purified form. He injected his patient, the hairy twin, with testosterone to see what would happen. Within weeks, the hairy twin began to lose all but his wreath of permanent hair, just like his normal twin. The doctor, then, stopped giving the testosterone to see whether the process would be reversed, but the balding process continued and his patient never regained his full head of hair. It was apparent to him that eliminating testosterone will slow, or stop, further hair loss once it has begun, but it will not revive any dead follicles.

The hormone felt to be directly involved in androgenetic alopecia is actually dihydrotestosterone (DHT) rather than testosterone. DHT is formed by the action of the enzyme 5-a reductase on testosterone. DHT acts by binding to special receptor sites on the cells of the hair follicles to cause the specific changes associated with balding. Among other effects, DHT decreases the length of the anagen (growing) cycle, and increases the telogen (resting) phase, so that with each new cycle the hair shaft becomes progressively smaller.

It is interesting that testosterone effects axillary and pubic hair, whereas DHT effects beard growth, patterned baldness and the appearance of hair in the nose and ears (something that older men experience). Scalp hair growth, however, is not androgen dependent, only scalp hair loss depends on androgens.

In men, 5-a reductase activity is higher in the balding area. This is the enzyme that is inhibited by the hair loss medication finasteride (click on Propecia for more information). Women have ½ the amount of 5-a reductase overall as compared to men, but have higher levels of the enzyme aromatase, especially in their frontal hairline. Aromatase decreases the formation of DHT, and its presence in women may help to explain why the presentation of hair loss in women is different than in males.

One should keep in mind that the presence of the necessary genes and hormones are not, in themselves, sufficient to cause baldness. The reaction also requires time of exposure of susceptible hair follicles to the hormone for hair loss to begin. The time required for this to start varies from one individual to another and is related to a person’s genetic expression and to the levels of testosterone in his bloodstream.

There is another time factor that is poorly understood. Hair loss does not occur all at once nor in a steady, straight-line progression. Hair loss is cyclical. People who are losing their hair experience alternating periods of slow and rapid hair loss and even stability. Many of the factors that cause the rate of loss to speed up or slow down are unknown.

AGE

The presence of the necessary genes and hormones are not alone sufficient to cause baldness. Even after a person has reached puberty, susceptible hair follicles must continually be exposed to the hormone over a period of time for hair loss to occur. The age at which these effects finally manifest themselves varies from one individual to another and is related to a person’s genetic composition and to the levels of testosterone in the bloodstream.Hair loss does not occur all at once, nor in a steady, straight-line progression. People who are losing their hair experience alternating periods of slow and rapid hair loss and even stability. Many of the factors that cause the rate of loss to speed up or slow down are unknown, but we do know that with age, a person’s total hair volume will decrease.

Even when there is no predisposition to genetic balding, as a patient ages, some hairs randomly begin to miniaturize (shrink in length and width) in each follicular unit. As a result, each group will contain both of full terminal hairs and miniaturized hairs (similar to the very fine hairs that occur on the rest of the body and are clinically insignificant) making the area look less full. Eventually, the miniaturized hairs are lost, and the actual follicular units are reduced in number. In all adult patients, the entire scalp undergoes this aging process so that even the donor zone is not truly permanent, but will gradually thin, to some degree, over time. Fortunately, in most people, the donor zone retains enough permanent hair that hair transplantation is a viable procedure even for a patient well into his 70’s.

Androgenetic alopecia Male Pattern Baldness ( Hairloss Information Malaysia)

Androgenetic alopecia or common male pattern baldness (MPB) accounts for more than 95% of hair loss in men. By the age of thirty-five two-thirds of American men will experience some degree of appreciable hair loss and by the age of 50 approximately 85% of men have significantly thinning hair. Approximately twenty five percent of men who suffer with male pattern baldness begin the painful process before they reach the age of twenty-one.
 
Contrary to societal belief most men who suffer from male pattern baldness are extremely unhappy with their situation and would do anything to change it. Hair loss affects every aspect of the hair loss suffers life. It affects interpersonal relationships as well as the professional lives of those suffering. It is not uncommon for men to change their career paths because of their hair loss.
The American Hair Los Association recognizes how devastating male pattern baldness can be for men of all ages and has created resources for men to get completely objective answers to their hair loss questions.

We strongly advise against researching your options through the yellow
pages or commercial websites. There are hundreds of products and services being sold to the vulnerable hair loss consumer, but currently there are only two FDA approved products that have been clinically proven to stop or prevent hair loss and only a handful of surgeons performing surgical hair restoration to state of the art standards.

Two medications are approved to treat male pattern baldness:

    Minoxidil (Rogaine) is a solution that you apply directly to the scalp to stimulate the hair follicles. It slows hair loss for many men, and some men grow new hair. Hair loss returns when you stop using this medicine.
    Finasteride (Propecia, Proscar) is a pill that interferes with the production of a certain male hormone linked to baldness. It slows hair loss. It works a bit better than minoxidil. Hair loss returns when you stop using this medicine.

Hair cycle and Hair Loss Explained ( Hairloss Information and Hairloss Treatment Malaysia)

Hair grows from the follicle, or root, underneath the skin. The hair is ‘fed’ by blood vessels at the base of the follicle, which give it the nourishment it needs to grow. Between starting to grow and falling out years later, each hair passes through four stages: anagen, catagen, telogen and exogen. Every hair is at a different stage of the growth cycle.

 Over time, the length of the anagen stage decreases. Therefore, the hair may become weaker and thinner after each cycle. That’s why it’s important to ensure your diet is rich in specific nutrients to maintain normal, healthy hair growth.



 Anagen (Growing Phase)

 The growing phase lasts two to seven years and determines the length of our hair.


 Catagen (Transition Phase)

 This is the transitional stage that lasts about ten days. The hair follicle shrinks and detaches from the dermal papilla.


 Telogen (Resting Phase)

 This is the resting phase which lasts around three months. Around 10-15 percent of hairs are in this phase. Whilst the old hair is resting, a new hair begins the growth phase.


 Exogen (New Hair Phase)

 This is part of the resting phase where the old hair sheds and a new hair continues to grow. Approximately 50 to 150 hairs can fall out daily, this is considered to be normal hair shedding.

 If hairs enter the resting phase too early, excess shedding and noticeable thinning can occur.

 

Common Hairloss Causes

GENETICS
A common family predisposition involves natural, age-related hormonal changes that can trigger hair loss. This is caused by the conversion oftestosteroneinto the toxin Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and can be inherited from either your mother or your father.
STRESS AND TRAUMA
Stress can produce increased levels oftestosterone, which converts toDHTand interrupts the hair’s growth cycle. Stress also constricts blood supply through the capillaries, restricting oxygen and nutrient uptake and vitamins to the hair follicle.

NUTRITION AND DIET
What you eat can play a significant role in hair thinning. A high consumption of animal fats, rapid weight loss and liquidproteindiets can result in a lack of amino acids,biotin,iron,proteinandzinc— all of which are essential for healthy-looking hair.

HEALTH ISSUES
Several underlying health issues can cause hair thinning, including a malfunctioning of the hormone-producingthyroidgland and the natural hormonal changes women experience after pregnancy and during the menopause.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Air and water pollutants,chlorine, metals and minerals may be left on the scalp and hair as we wash with water every day, contributing to thinning. Pollutants such as pseudo-estrogens and toxins from within our bodies are also a factor.

MEDICATION
The hair follicle is incredibly sensitive to changes in the body. Any hormone therapy (including birth control) can contribute to hair thinning, as can steroids, specific chemotherapies, and medication for blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and acne.

 

Genetics Hairloss Causes

 The causes of Alopecia Areata are not fully understood. Alopecia Areata is considered to be an auto-immune condition in which the immune system of the body (which protects the body from bacteria, viruses, allergens, etc.) mistakenly attacks the hair follicles and destroys them. This leads to hair loss in the affected area. This abnormal behavior of the immune system is understood to be guided, influenced and triggered by multiple factors.

The exact cause, why hair follicles undergo this kind of destruction, is not known but a genetic component to this is suspected. Family history of Alopecia Areata or any of the other auto-immune diseases (such as hypothyroid, diabetes, cancer, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.) is often seen in many cases, suggesting a role of genetic element. In addition to the genetic predisposition, certain triggering factors may bring on the onset of this condition. Prolonged underlying stress often predisposes some patients to develop auto-immune process leading to Alopecia Areata. However, stress may not be the cause in every case. Alopecia Areata treatment has to take into account the underlying causes.

Can Toppik Use Along With Rogaine ? ( Hairloss Information and Hairloss Treatment Malaysia)

ROGAINE or it's proprietary  active ingredient minoxidil is FDA-approved to regrow hair , But can it be use complimentary with hairloss concealer?

The simple answer is YES !

 

 Rogaine minoxidil had became popular option for hairloss treatment since it is approved by FDA for hair growth .

The good news is that toppik can be use on top of minoxidil / rogaine application.

First do this by applying minoxidil/rogaine liquid on top of your scalp and let it dry out within half or an hour or so.Toppik fibers can then be applied after the liquid is dried…

 

Toppik and rogaine works together fine through out your daily routine without interupting your hairloss treatment routine! 

Toppik do not help or interfere with hair growth

 

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Toppik and Dermmatch best hairloss concealer in malaysia ?

ARE THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO MY THINNING HAIR?  THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS YES .

 Hairloss impact almost everyone , man or women. Hair itself is a fashion, and by today standard equal to a person image.With thinning hair and shedding, hairloss itself pose highly emotional negative impact on a healthy individual ,no matter on physically or mental aspect

We re glad to tell you that we understand your pain point and by today modern technology, there is hope !

 

Toppik and Dermmatch is by far the most prominent hairloss concealer use by million of user and doctor worldwide !

Toppik gives thinning instant appearance of a thick, full head of hair. Toppik Hair Building Fibers are actually natural Keratin of the highest grade, the same type of protein found in real hair. The Fibers have a strong natural static charge that creates a magnetic effect, tightly binding Toppik Hair Building Fibers to even the finest strand of human hair. The results have changed the lives of millions of women and men in various situations, ranging from fine or thinning hair to alopecia.
Dermmatch on other hand is an instant, water-resistant cosmetic topical shading for hair loss. Recommended by hair transplant surgeons and dermatologists


Dermmatch is a topical solution, mean it virtually ”paint the scalp” , so your hair look full and thick . When use together with toppik micro fiber which bond to thinning hair, they work incredibly wonder and truly is a masterpiece !

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