Early baldness rescue from cancer

The first good news for bald men - hair loss is good for your health! Let it inflicts a terrible blow to the male ego, but at the same time almost twice reduces the likelihood of prostate tumors.

There is a terrible picture, which is very afraid to see in the mirror of a man under the age of 30 - is the emergence of bald patches. But now scientists have discovered that Britain's Prince William and other young people who are losing their hair, there is reason for optimism. Their risk of developing deadly prostate cancer   It reduced by more than 45%.

In general, a significant part of 50 years   Hair loses   almost half of the stronger sex. But this news concerns of victims Early baldness Whose body is fixed to a high level of testosterone. Scientists studied 2,000 men aged between 40 and 47 years, half of whom suffer from Prostate Cancer . Then the incidence of tumors in patients who started to lose hair   up to 30 years, compared with those men who did not have problems with hair. It turned out that losing their hair in their youth the risk of cancer is much lower.

Early baldness - One of the main causes for concern among young people. Studies show that nearly half of men believe: baldness making them older and less attractive. Three-quarters of young people surveyed bald spot will cause problems with self-esteem.

These new study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, sound very optimistic. Especially when you consider that just before the scientists linked hair loss   with risk of cancer. The main cause of baldness is the effect of DHT on the hair follicles. Medications that prevent the formation of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (finasteride and its derivatives) are effective means of preventing and   treat baldness .

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