Andropause and hair loss often go hand in hand. Imagine clumps of hair falling off your head, or observing strands of once healthy hair collecting in the shower drain. Maybe you run your hand through your hair and feel it thinning. It can feel daunting and quite scary.
Typically, hair loss is a result of an imbalance of male testosterone hormone in the body. Instead of infusing the hair with healthy testosterone, enzymes break it down to a simpler form known as dihydrotestosterone.
An excess of this hormone has the effect of decreasing the size of hair follicles which eventually break down and make your hair fall off sporadically. The medical condition that is best associated with hair loss in Andropause sufferers is hyperthyroidism.
Hyperthyroidism is a by-product of decreasing levels of Human Growth Hormone, which is responsible for regulating our aging process. Andropause sufferers’ hormones have a profound effect on the rate and consistency of hair loss. Dihydrotestosterone (considered by medical circles the strongest, most potent form of testosterone) is responsible for building and growing body hair in men (at normal levels – an excess causes hair degeneration.)
This includes body hair, pubic hair, head hair, armpit hair – any hair. DHT is directly produced in the skin, made to work by supporting enzymes that break it down for distribution throughout the body. DHT levels are present more in certain areas of the body than in others – explaining why we may have a full crop of hair on our heads and little bushes of hair on our chests and backs. Realize, women also have DHT in their bodies but produce less of it.
That explains why women don’t have body hair. Case in point: an excess of DHT is prevalent in Andropause sufferers, explaining the reason for hair loss. The enzyme used to break down testosterone to dihydrotestosterone is ¨over activated¨ – working too hard and too fast.
This is the primary cause for this Andropausal condition. As aforementioned, dihydrotestosterone is present more in certain areas of the body than in others. For this reason, men’s hair can fall into funny patterns. You know, the balding train station clerk you might have seen with more hair on his scalp than the top of his head. The shrinking of hair follicles as a result of the production of DHT is attributed to this.
How hair grows is a wondrous thing in itself that needs to be recognized. Typically, hair grows at a rate of a quarter inch every 2 weeks. Andropause sufferers have their ¨hair growth cycles¨ disrupted when there is erratic growth of some hair strands where ¨new¨ hair pushed ¨old¨ hair out. Because Andropause is a period of hormonal imbalance, a lack of hormonal stability and poor homeostasis (holistic balance) in the body pushes things out of whack.
If you want to maintain healthy strands of hair, one thing you can do is hit that stair climber machine fellas! Exercise reverses the aging process and may certainly reverse this symptom. There are also hair loss products that can help you recapture your hair.
Secondary causes of hair loss in men suffering Andropause is stress. More specifically, stress raises the levels of cortisol and cortisone (known as stress hormones) in the body. Eating non-nutritional foods also speeds up hair loss.
Pretty much any activity that speeds up the aging process will speed up your hair loss.
Stay away from caffeinated drinks, fast foods, and cigarette smoking to keep running your hands through your thick mane longer. Participate in recreational activities to reduce stress and light up your life with a proper exercise regimen.
If you’re suffering from this condition, don’t let it affect you in the least bit! Andropause should not serve as a punishment – rather, a realization of a future for the better.
The information in this article is for educational purposes only, and is not intended as medical advice.
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December 1st, 2009 at 1:29 pm
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December 1st, 2009 at 1:38 pm
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December 1st, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I guess it is not as bad as in women. Low sex drive, mood swings, erectile dysfunction, sleep deprivation, fatigue I guess.
December 1st, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Starting with the top part, there's a wiki article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andropause
I feel strongly that there is a media force that creates problems with males and sexual function. How many Viagra commercials have I been assaulted with? Or what about our friend BOB? How many spam mails out there for pills? Granted, I'm not in my 60's, but when I am, if I need a pill, I'll just ask my doctor. I had never heard of the term Andropause before, and don't want it to become mainstream as an excuse for men to behave badly or whatever.
Having said that, your relationship with each other is what you need to address. Tell him directly that you aren't happy and why, and let him figure out what HE needs to do, and maybe he'll tell you what you need to do, too. (takes two to make a relationship). I suspect you'll find that you both have some things you want to get out in the open and work on, and just have issues doing that part. I base that suspicion on the question phrasing above, and then the details having little to do with the question as stated, and more a need to get some things taken care of.
Look forward to a better relationship afterwords, and it will help you have the strength to go through the nervousness and defensiveness of breaching the subject.
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December 1st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Mature ladies?????? – you mean the old ones??????
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December 1st, 2009 at 8:46 pm
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December 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 am
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December 2nd, 2009 at 2:15 am
yes it is possible for a man at the age of 35 to experience male menopause, and the symptoms are just like a woman , moody, hot flashes, cool chills, tenderness of the nipples, one minuet you want sex, then just as fast you don't want sex, it's natures practical jock
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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December 3rd, 2009 at 11:21 am
It is a somewhat misleading term which is sometimes used to describe a reduction of the production of certain hormones such as testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone, and the consequences of that reduction, which is associated with a decrease in Leydig cells.
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