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Another threat to healthy hair growth is DHT (Dihydrotestosterone). Over time, the hair follicle naturally produces an enzyme named Five Alpha Reducatase. It is this enzyme, or complex of enzymes, that reacts with testosterone to create DHT

• Pseudo-Estrogen/Estrogen and Receptor
• Pseudo-Estrogen Estrogen
• Receptor Receptor Site
• DHT/Testosterone and Receptor Sites
• DHT Testosterone

Receptor Site Receptor Site (a toxin that is very difficult to remove from the scalp skin). Testosterone, naturally present in the hair follicle, converts to DHT and has been found to cause deterioration of the hair follicle and can block the hair receptors, thereby inhibiting hair growth and renewal.

The natural bodily process of aromatization or conversion of estrogen into testosterone and testosterone into either estrogen or dihydrotestosterone (DHT) must be kept in balance for proper hair growth to occur.

In summary, pseudo-estrogens are believed to be created by pollution that clogs the receptor site (protein imbedded sites around the follicle that attract nutrients essential to hair production). Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is a toxin that fills the receptor site and can’t be removed by shampooing alone - it takes special cleansers to do this.

An increase in pseudo-estrogen and DHT levels can deteriorate the hair follicle causing miniaturization of the hair (the process of the hair becoming smaller, finer and thinner). 

This miniaturization, described in the next section, occurs when the hair follicle deterioration from pollutants and/or toxins cause individual hairs to become smaller and finer until the follicle remains in the telogen (resting phase) and is totally dormant.

Research has linked natural aging to increasing estrogen and DHT levels in both men and women — resulting in progressive age-related increases in follicle damage and hair thinning.