Saw Palmetto And Hair Loss – Does It Work?
In this article I’m going to talk about Saw Palmetto and Hair Loss. I will answer the big question most ask when looking to use it – does it actually work? Why Your Balding The most common type of baldness is called androgenic alopecia, otherwise known as male pattern baldness. If this develops, this creates a “M” pattern with your hair along your scalp. The hair that you lose is because of a chemical called dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which binds to your hair follicles, retarding their growth and cutting of their blood supply. DHT is created by an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase. If you want to stop your hair loss, you have to block DHT from being produced which would in effect, stop any hair loss you would normally experience and promote new hair growth. What Saw Palmetto Does Saw Palmetto, which is mainly produced by a plant in North America, is an herbal DHT inhibitor. If you are familiar with Finasteride (Propecia) it works very similarly to that. What’s great with Saw Palmetto is t
