Clinical Studies and Hair Loss alternatives. Hair Loss Clinics

HAIR LOSS CLINICAL STUDY.

INTRODUCTION
Androgenetic alopecia or pattern baldness is a common condition affecting approximately 50% to 80% of Caucasian men and is the most widespread form of baldness. Alopecia is an inherited condition, most likely dominantly inherited with variable penetrance, which progressively appears as men age. Typically, 30% of Caucasian men in their thirties have alopecia. This number increases to 40% for men in their forties, and so on, up to 80% of men in their eighties and older. This progressive rate of appearance of alopecia is also found in other ethnicities, although in total, baldness may appear at a lower rate than in Caucasian men. For example, it is estimated that only a total of 30% to 40% of Asian men are affected by androgenetic alopecia.

Although not often appreciated, alopecia is also present in a significant portion of women. It is estimated that 20% to 40% of women have this condition, although not with the same severity as men. In women, hair loss typically begins in their twenties to forties, and does not continue to progress with increasing age.

It has been suggested that androgenetic alopecia is linked to the activity or concentration of enzymes, such as the 5-alpha-reductase which makes a potent form of testosterone called dihydrotestosterone or DHT, in the scalp and hair follicles, or to the sensitivity of hair follicle receptors to DHT. Indeed, medications for androgenetic alopecia concentrating on blocking the activity of 5-alpha-reductase have been developed, with varying degrees of success and sometimes with the presence of serious side effects.

HAIR LOSS ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS

In a liter of water, add 100 ml wine vinegar, and boil with 250 g of chopped fresh nettles. Wait half an hour, strain the liquid and finally save it in the fridge. This remedy is used as a lotion after washing the hair as extra care and protection thereof. Use twice a week.