{"id":31163,"date":"2016-04-29T09:28:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T09:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dhiindia.com\/?p=31163"},"modified":"2025-01-24T07:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T07:45:10","slug":"gym-making-bald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dhiindia.com\/blog\/gym-making-bald\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the gym making you bald?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is the gym making you bald? Weight-lifting and protein shakes rich in growth hormones \u201cspeed-up hair-thinning process\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creatine and DHEA found in fitness shakes can raise testosterone levels<\/li>\n<li>This converts to Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which attacks hair follicles<\/li>\n<li>The side-effect will only affect men predisposed to male pattern baldness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Men who actively keep fit may be inadvertently speeding-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhiindia.com\/hair-transplant-guide\/\">hair loss<\/a>. According to experts, weight-lifting in the gym may play a key role in a man\u2019s receding mane \u2013 especially if combined with the consumption of popular protein powders. The theory is based on the belief that, when combined, these two factors increase the body\u2019s testosterone and Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) levels, which are considered key causes of baldness.<\/p>\n<p>Although naturally-produced, DHT \u2013 which is a converted version of testosterone \u2013 quickly attaches itself to a man\u2019s hair strand\u2019s receptor cells, blocking the absorption of essential nutrients. Over time, this gradually causes the follicles to shrink and the hair to wither until it eventually dies.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, by fitness fanatics increasing their exposure to DHT, gym-goers are also risking an earlier on-set of shedding and loss.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are a relatively limited treatments available. Clinical trials repeatedly prove that the only real options are Minoxidil and Finasteride. At the moment, over 90 per cent of hair loss treatments contain the compound Minoxidil, which was originally created as a blood thinning agent but works in some men to reduce hair loss. It can be effective if used early to prevent hair loss rather than to grow new hair and is found in the UK in products such as Regaine.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Finasteride \u2013 an oral tablet \u2013 reduces DHT by blocking 5-alpha reductase. It was not originally designed to combat baldness, but began to appear in pharmacies when some men being treated for enlarged prostates \u2013 also thought to be caused by increased levels of DHT \u2013 noticed their hair had not only stopped receding but had begun to grow back thicker and stronger than before. Some users have complained that the drug causes permanent and unwelcome side-effects \u2013 including impotency \u2013 but the pharma company which produces it, Merck, claims this happens with just 2 per cent of users.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, hair transplants are an increasingly-viable. The principle behind most surgeries is to move hair from an area of thick hair to an area of thinning hair or bald skin.<\/p>\n<p>Konstantinos Giotis, CEO of DHI Global \u2013 who pioneered the first-ever strand-by-strand technique, known for its natural result \u2013 said: \u2018We first performed the procedure 46 years ago and it has become increasingly refined.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Since then it has recently been dubbed the \u201clunch hour\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhiindia.com\/\">hair transplant<\/a> because of its speed and efficiency, so the industry is certainly getting more finessed and men have more realistic choices.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article on Daily Mail by James Draper: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-3549632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-3549632<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click here to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhiindia.com\/book-an-appointment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book your consultation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0with our expert doctors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the gym making you bald? Weight-lifting and protein shakes rich in growth hormones \u201cspeed-up hair-thinning process\u201d Creatine and DHEA found in fitness shakes can raise testosterone levels This converts to Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which attacks hair follicles The side-effect will only affect men predisposed to male pattern baldness Men who actively keep fit may be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,311,229,7,8],"tags":[4,113,117,216,5,176,110,112],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is the gym making you bald? - DHI India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is the gym making you bald? Learn about the relationship between exercise and hair loss in our insightful blog post. 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