Hormone Replacement And Hair Loss

Hormone replacement to stop hair loss is not for your average everyday balding person. Instead it is for that unlucky person who has a defective thyroid and is losing hair as a result.

Luckily for thyroid sufferers there is an option that can help them get their hair back or at least get some of it back. This is hormone therapy and it usually proves good results.

As to restoring full function, don't be misled into utilizing the TSH test alone as a terrific barometer of full-restored function. This one laboratory determination is in no way up to that important task, regardless of what you may have been told by your doctor or HMO. A great many thyroid sufferers need more thyroid hormone replacement than most current endocrinologists are comfortable with giving. We have seen people whose hair loss is only finally reversed, after years of unsuccessful treatments, with a fairly high dose of thyroid medicine, resulting in a very low TSH. Sometimes it is a mixture of thyroid pills (T3, T4, and/or natural all combined) that eventually does the trick. In addition, we recommend a rich vitamin, mineral, amino acid, and essential fatty acid replacement program. These four categories need to be well represented, using high quality products to restore and regenerate normal scalp function via optimizing thyroid metabolism. No other mechanism in the body has eight separate layers of biochemical control as does thyroid, each requiring specific vitamins, minerals, and other cofactors that would allow a full recovery of function.

Obviously you should consult with your doctor before you take any further steps. Each individual patient is different. Also, just because there is a history of thyroid problems in your family doesn't necessarily mean that your hair loss is caused by a thyroid problem.

As for standard non-thyroid related male pattern baldness, there is no sure solution, but many scientists believe that hair loss id caused by excessive amounts of the active hormone DHT.

Many medical treatments for baldness now tend to focus on this theory and attempt to limit the amount of DHT that reaches your hair.