Male baldness has been the bane of human experience for thousands of years. Even the Bible lauds the value of a man’s full head of hair by claiming it “the crown of glory” to those who have it and infers a sense of weakness or impotency to those who do not.
Today, society has come full circle to accepting baldness as an attractive option, but it’s one thing to choose to be bald, it’s another to see increasing hair loss when there is no desire to be sporting a no hair head.
Before going directly to the cause of male baldness let’s first take a look at the natural process of hair growth.
An average individual has approximately 100,000 hair follicles on the head. These vary in the production of hair with some follicles producing thinner and shorter hairs, while others thicker and longer.
Hair growth grows in 2 phases, known as the anagen and telogen cycles. The anagen phase, or cycle, is the actual growing period in which the hair will grow about one half inch a month. This lasts up to 2 to 3 years. The telogen phase is the dormant or resting period. This will last 3 to 4 months and is then followed by the hair will begin to shed, much like the leaves on a tree in the fall. Once the hair naturally falls out, the cycle will begin again.
During the telogen cycle, the average person can lose up to 100 hairs a day, but this is no cause for alarm because they do not all fall out at the same time.
With age, comes a normal slow down of growth and replenishment so thinning of hair is no surprise to a man enjoying the golden years, but for those who are experiencing premature hair loss, it can be cause for alarm.
Baldness is genetically passed on from generation to generation though this does not necessarily mean if your father or mother had balding issues, you will too. In families with multiple siblings one may have thinning hair while the other will enjoy thick full growth.
Most male baldness (Androgenetic hair loss) can be blamed on 3 factors; genetic propensity, hormones and the natural course of aging.
The hormone responsible for male baldness is not the absence of testosterone as many might think but the dihydrotestosterone (DHT) hormone. The release of too much DHT effects hair growth by shortening the anagen phase of hair growth and then lenghtening the telogen phase. It also decreases the hair shaft size, initially causing the hair to grow thin and short, then, over time, shutting the hair follicle down altogether.
Male baldness does not happen in one big hair clump loss but will be experienced in random bursts of slow, rapid or stabilized periods of hair loss.
Medical conditions and/or treatments can also affect this shutting down of hair follicles. Conditions such as diabeties, scalp infections, poor nutrition, taking certian medications and chemotherapy are among the most common causes.
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