Provillus Hair Loss Treatment for Men and Women

Hair Loss and Hormones

When we think of hormones, we usually think of testosterone and estrogen, the two major human sex hormones. These hormones not only regulate our sexual characteristics, reproductive system, and sexual appetites, they are also vital in maintaining our overall good health.

How hormones control your body

Hormones of all kinds regulate every working mechanism in the body. They regulate the simplest to the most intricate bodily functions. They regulate our emotions too: love, fear, anxiety, stress, joy and everything between.

The body facilitates communication among cells in two ways: one is by electrical impulses that travel through never fibres called neurons, and the other is by chemicals that are carried through the endocrine system. It’s this second, chemical system that uses hormones as messengers.

The speed of electrical messages transmission through neurons is more than lighting quick, it’s virtually instantaneous. The brain tells the leg to move, and in that instant the leg moves.

The endocrine system, however, communicates in a more leisurely manner. The glands in this chemical system release hormones into the bloodstream, which carries them to all parts of the body. This takes anywhere from a few minutes to several hours for the hormones to reach their destinations.

The glands in the endocrine system are located throughout the body:

The pituitary gland is just beneath the base of the front part of the brain.
The thyroid and parathyroid glands are at the front of the neck, just above the top of the breastbone.
The adrenal glands sit adjacent to the top of the kidneys, one gland above each kidney.
The pancreas is behind the stomach in the abdominal cavity.
The ovaries (in women only) are in the pelvic area, just below the navel.
The testes (in men only) are nestled in the scrotum, the external pouch behind the penis

Hormones are very powerful, even in the smallest of amounts, and they are released in one of the body’s many exquisitely timed and balanced systems. The hypothalamus, a control centre in the brain about the size of a macadamia nut, regulates the body’s basic functions, including sleeping, eating, and reproduction. One of its vital duties is to control the endocrine system by controlling the pituitary gland, whose job is to receive messages about an organ’s other area’s need for a particular hormone and then to either secrete that hormone itself or secrete a substance that causes another gland in the endocrine system to make and release the desired hormone.

The hormones from a man’s testes, as well as those from his adrenal gland, are responsible for all manners of things “male” from male physical and sexual characteristics to sexual and reproductive function. The testes produce the male sex hormone testosterone, and as you’ll remember, testosterone converts to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) with the help of the enzyme 5-alpha- reductase. It’s the DHT that shrinks the hair follicles in men with gene for male pattern baldness, leading ultimately to the death of hair follicles and therefore hair loss.

Forms of the generic drug finasteride, as well as herbs you’ll find in the called herbal treatments, such as Provillus, inhibit the body’s production of the 5-alpha reductase enzyme, thus significantly reducing the body’s levels of the hair follicle killing DHT. What we eat also affects testosterone and DHT levels, so it is also possible to curb hair loss by choosing foods for their medicinal properties and avoiding other foods because of their role in the hormonal chain of events that can lead to hair loss.

The testes also produce androgens, hormones that, like testosterone, stimulate the development of male secondary sex characteristics from puberty onwards, such as growth of the penis, growth of body hair, deepening of the voice and increased muscle mass. Androgens are classified as corticosteroids and they are produced not only by the testes but by the adrenal glands as well.

The hormonal effects of diet on hair loss

Food plays a profound role in the effectiveness of drug and herbal therapy when treating any condition, including hair loss. By utilizing food for its medicinal, healing, and system-altering properties, you can also control your hormone levels, including the levels of DHT, the main culprit in pattern baldness, and therefore further control your hair loss.

Use a specific kind of diet that boosts the efficacy of the provillus treatment and the herbs that control hair loss and that helps keeps certain hormones from adversely affecting the hair.

Hair growth and hair loss are very sensitive to any imbalance in your hormones.

An important example of such sensitivity concerns the hormone from your thyroid gland. The organ produces thyroxine, a form of thyroid hormone that controls the way your body uses food. If the thyroid gland is overactive (Hyperthyroidism), the excess level of the thyroxine causes hair loss. If, on the contrary, the thyroid gland is underactive and does not produce enough thyroxine hormones, you can also see hair loss. You can stop or prevent this condition by correcting the thyroid hormone level; therefore, your condition must be checked by the physician.

Preventing hair loss by correcting hormone balances

One more situation of hormone related to hair loss occurs when male and female hormones – androgens and estrogens – go out of balance. For example, during menopause or a full hysterectomy you can have excess of the male hormone, testosterone, and an imbalance that stimulates hair loss. You may prevent this condition by restoring the hormone balance.

Even without any hormone related diseases, the relation between hormones and hair loss is sometimes used as a treatment. In particular, in some cases, birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may improve your skin, hair, and nails. Especially the hormone replacement therapy, which may help thicker hair. Such kind of hormone therapies sometimes show side effect reactions (like melasma), which may be stopped by some changes in the choice of specific hormone medications.

Hair Loss and Hormones

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