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you are here: DentalPlans.com > Dental Health Articles > Healthy Living > Why Supplements Don't Work in Fighting Hair Loss
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Updated: 1/12/2009 4:00:16 PM |
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 (ARA) - Improved overall health, better sleep and more energy - nutritional supplements have plenty of positive health benefits. But slowing or stopping hair loss isn't one of them.
If you take oral supplements to treat your hair loss, you're not treating the problem effectively, even if you're taking supplements with ingredients known to reduce dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the main cause of hair loss in men.
That's because the process causing hair loss occurs within the hair follicle, so any beneficial ingredient needs to reach the follicles at high concentrations to work. Oral supplements diffuse their active ingredients throughout your body, rather than delivering them directly to the hair follicle. Since only a fraction of the beneficial ingredients reach the follicles one would have to take 30 to 40 pills a day to achieve the concentration needed to stop hair loss says Dr. Alex Khadavi, a board-certified dermatologist and hair-loss expert.
"Further, hair loss is not related to nutrition, but rather to genetic factors like the overproduction of DHT in the body," says Khadavi.
Naturally found in both men and women, DHT plays a major role in the development of male characteristics. Some people, however, have a genetic tendency for DHT to "attack" hair follicles, especially those on top of the head, with the problem becoming worse as they age. Over time, DHT causes hair follicles to become thinner, shorter and weaker, and eventually stops them from growing new hair.
Topical treatments outperform oral supplements because they deliver their ingredients directly to the hair follicles where the hair loss process occurs, while avoiding the rest of the body. Oral supplements first have to pass through the digestive system then diffuse over the entire body in the blood stream, which means not much of the active ingredients make their way to the hair follicles where they're desperately needed.
Products like Revivogen, a topical remedy, that reduce the production of DHT and stimulate hair growth have proven effective in fighting hair loss. Scientifically formulated, the all-natural Revivogen system incorporates a scalp therapy, shampoo and conditioner to inhibit DHT and promote normal hair growth.
"A DHT-restricting topical product like Revivogen will be far more effective than oral supplements in preventing, slowing and reversing hair loss, without any systemic effects" Khadavi says. "Keep taking your vitamins for their many other health benefits, but to fight hair loss rely on a topical treatment, like Revivogen, that puts the beneficial ingredients where they are needed most - at the hair follicle."
You can enjoy free ground shipping and an introductory price of just $89 for a 3-month supply when you try Revivogen Scalp Therapy, Shampoo and Conditioner at www.revivogen.com. Enter coupon code rev0 for free shipping in the United States.
Copyright © 2009, ARAnet, Inc.
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