Can Taking Up Bodybuilding Increase Hair Loss?

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It is common knowledge that bodybuilder tend to more often than not have hair loss issues. Although not yet clearly established, popular belief based on chemical and analytic proof point an accusing finger at a rarely known hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT). This is a hormone that results from the conversion of male growth hormone, testosterone by an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase (5AR) into DHT. People who have high levels of enzyme 5AR have higher levels of DHT and tend to go bald more often.

Men who genetically lack 5AR show no loss of hair and this spurred a race to find suppressants for 5AR so as to reduce hair loss. Having being discovered, 5AR inhibitors such as Proscar and Saw Palmetto only decelerate the loss of hair loss.

What has now appeared to be the leading cause of hair loss is an immune response of the body where it attacks the hair follicle like some kind of disease causing organism. This cannibalism is sparked off by DHT that causes a change in the hair follicles triggering the immune system to attack them and your hair stars thinning. This was established after parallels were drawn between hair loss and organ rejection after surgery.

Supporting this theory is the fact that immune system repressing drugs cause hair to grow back instantaneously but this is not a cure for hair loss as a suppressed immune system will lead to infection by other disease causing vector and ultimately death.
To help with the hair loss, some guides are given here:

1. Use copper binding peptides.

Recently some wound healing drugs were invented and approved by the FDA for wound healing. They are copper based and have peptides added to them. They posses great anti inflammatory properties and they speed up the process of healing. As this is the leading cause of hair loss, it helps heal the inflammations thus keeping the hair from all going away.

2. Nizoral shampoo

This is an anti fungal shampoo whose active ingredient, Ketaconazol, is a plant extract. It seems to work by blocking the DHT from their ruinous work or reducing the amount of inflammation at the follicles. Apparently it works even better when alternated every third or fourth day with a selenium based shampoo. However there is no tangible reason as to why or how it works.

3. Proscar

This is a 5Ar inhibitor, the enzyme that converts androgens to DHT. It has been found to reduce the amount of DHT in circulation and even stimulates growth of hair back. However taking it in large amounts stimulates the production of estrogen the female growth hormone. This is evident in the growth of mammary glands in men taking Proscar.

4. RU 58841: this is the best alternative to hair loss in men but unfortunately it is still not out for sale as it's still under testing. It shuts down the DHT at the hair follicle thus with a good anti inflammatory, it should do the trick.

About the Author:
Dane Fletcher is the world-wide authority on bodybuilding and steroids. He has coached countless athletes all over the world. To read more of his work, please visit either http://www.BodybuildingToday.com or http://www.SteroidsToday.com



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