MAIN REASONS WHY ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA IS SO DIFFICULT TO TREAT

Hair loss is perhaps one of the conditions that have been mans problem for centuries. Despite advanced technology and modernization of medicine, hair loss is still a problem today. Whether you’re a man or a woman, whatever age you are, this menacing condition is hard to escape particularly when we get older.

Why is hair loss so difficult to treat?

Well, some types of hair loss are often treatable, other conditions don’t even need any hair loss treatment. These kinds of hair loss are calledtemporary hair loss. There are many of health conditions that can cause hair loss like stress, anemia, anorexia nervosa, and extreme dieting to name a few. And correcting or treating these health conditions will simultaneously treat hair loss, hence the term temporary hair loss.

The true hair loss threat to both men and women is androgenetic alopecia. This is a slow but progressive and long term type of hair loss. Androgenetic alopecia is very hard to treat because for whatever reason the scalp hair follicles affected by this type of hair loss are sensitive to a hormone called dihydrotestosterone, a potent androgen.

Each hormone naturally produced in the body has a one or several functions, they are important for the homeostasis of the body. Having too much or too little of a particular hormone might cause unwanted medical conditions.

This is the reason why androgenetic alopecia is difficult to treat. Stopping a hormone which causes hair loss can cause all sorts of side effects. At present, a drug company producing DHT inhibitors to treat hair loss is being sued for mislabeling their product. They claim that the side effects of the drug will wear off once stopped. But a lot of consumers, particularly men, still suffer from the side effects months after withdrawal of the drug. It seems that the side effects are permanent, they claim.