How and when DHT is produced which cause hair loss?

Dear rb9909,

Thank you for your clinical post. This is not an often asked question, but DHT
stands for Dihydrotestosterone. It is a
normal product produced by the human scalp cells, however, it is an
intermediary between testosterone in more usable forms of testosterone locally
in the hair bulb. Individuals with male
pattern hair loss have insufficient amounts of 5-alpha reductase, which is an
enzyme necessary to break down DHT into more usable components. As DHT builds up above levels normally seen
in the human male scalp it has an effect on the hair bulb cells that produce a
hair shaft and affecting the efficiency of the function of the mitrochondria
and these cells eventually wither and often parish. As these cells wither, the hair becomes finer
and thinner until eventually it’s not produced at all. The use of Finasteride or Propecia blocks
production of testosterone, which reduces the amount of DHT levels by producing
the amount of the primary product that gets converted into DHT.

Thus, DHT is an example of a normal human by-product that is
usually broken down further into usable amounts, but in super normal amounts
can adversely affect local cells such as the hair bulb.

I hope this answers your question. Best of luck.

For more information, please review the link below.

R. Stephen Mulholland, M.D.

Certified Plastic Surgeon

Yorkville, Toronto

DGT, is created when your liver metabilizes this hormone and makes DHT. You should know that DHT is 40 times as powerful a male sex hormone as testosterone.