By researching our information. However, before we get into all that, we need to talk about what DHT is, in more detail.

which is why understanding DHT is important

DHT (also called Dihydrotestosterone) is a naturally occurring chemical that can be found in the body. Really what DHT is, is a byproduct of testosterone being made. Now, up until a few years ago, scientists knew that DHT was causing hair loss, but they did not know what was causing the DHT. They soon found out that DHT was actually made by an enzyme that is called 5 Alpha Reductase. After finding out where it was coming from, people were able to come up with things, like DHT blockers or DHT inhibitors, that were safe for the body to take. Now as we go on, you will see that there is a difference between the DHT blockers and the DHT inhibitors.

There are, pretty much, four different ways that you can go about blocking DHT hair loss. First, you can keep the DHT from attaching to your hair follicles. Next, you can reduce the amount of DHT that is made in the body. The third way would be to stop the production of 5 alpha reductase (which we all know now is the enzyme that makes DHT). Last, you can reduce things in the body that causes more 5 alpha reductase from being produced, which would be such things as cholesterol.

Now, a lot of people tend to think that the DHT itself causes the hair loss, which is not really true. The DHT aids in the losing of your hair, because it actually blocks the hair follicle from having any room to grow. Over time it starts to close up the hair follicle making it hard for any kind of hair to grow there. Since there are certain spots on the body that DHT likes to attached to, you can usually see those areas of the body lose hair first. For example, you are more likely to get DHT hair loss on the top of your head than on the back of your head. That is why you always see people with a bald spot on the top, but still have hair on the back of here head.

As you can see, DHT hair loss is a big problem in men, however, with all the different DHT blockers out there, it does not have to be. We can fight this if we all study up on how DHT hair loss affects different people. This is not something that we have to live with!