Alopecia

Alopecia

Q) What does Saw Palmetto (Serenoa Repens) do? A) Saw Palmetto is a natural substance obtained from the fruit of a particular palm tree. It works by helping to block the production of DHT – the substance most commonly the cause of hair loss. There are many favourable reports about its effectiveness. Women can use it also but we always advise not to if pregnant or breast feeding.

Female Hair Loss Perhaps surprisingly there is a strong connection between male pattern baldness (MPB) and the typical hair loss patterns seen in females. As well as having the necessary enzyme (5-alpha reductase) capable of forming DHT from the male hormone testosterone (everyone has both male and female hormones) a woman also has an enzyme called aromatise which converts some male hormone into a female type. This has the effect that much of the hair loss which would have occurred is reversed or prevented by the counterbalancing effect of this ‘extra’ female type hormone in the area of the hair roots. As a result it would be extremely unusual for a female to lose as much hair as, say, her brother, even though she may have inherited similar genetic information.

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