How and when DHT is produced which cause hair loss?

DHT is produced by your body everyday. It is a hormone that everyone has (both men and women). DHT does not cause hair loss. Genes that you inherited from your mother or father cause hair loss.

DHT is produced in our bodies by both men and women.  The Total Testosterone in our bodies goes through a conversion process to create both Free Testosterone and to DHT.  Men produce both of these hormones at higher rates than women do, but we all have them both.
Both WebMD and The American Hair Loss Association clearly state the relationship between DHT and hereditary hair loss.  You can do a simple search for "how does DHT cause hair loss?" and see or the reputable references for yourself.
To answer your question, DHT is produced by your body everyday.  It is produced in many places including within the prostate and seminal vesicles but also in your skin and scalp.  Those suffering from hereditary hair loss inherit both hair follicles that are more sensitive to DHT than others, plus higher than normal levels of DHT within their bodies.

DHT (short for dihydrotestosterone) is made from testosterone thanks to the hard work of the enzyme 5 alpha reductase.Not everyone's hair follicles are sensitive to DHT. But in those individuals with genetic hair loss, there is good evidence to support the notion that DHT causes hair follicles to get skinnier or miniaturize. Drugs like finasteride and dutasteride block 5 alpha reductase and prevent alot of the testosterone from being converted to DHT. This in turn blocks miniaturization and in some men the speed of genetic hair loss progression.

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.