Active Ingredients: The Alpecin Caffeine Complex
Find out about the active ingredients we use to combat hereditary hair loss.
More than 50 % of all men suffer from hair loss. The reasons and causes for this are varied. However, classic hair loss is hereditary in 80 % of men (androgenetic alopecia). This means that hair loss is largely genetically predetermined.
The good news: Hereditary hair loss can be counteracted, and you can do this without medication.
In many cases, hair loss and balding in men follow a specific pattern. The Hamilton-Norwood Scale, for instance, outlines various types and stages of hair loss.
Hair loss in men often starts at the temples and the forehead (receding hairline). As it progresses, the hair becomes thinner at the crown and then across the entire scalp.
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), an active metabolic product of testosterone, is partly responsible for genetically determined hair loss.
Each hair goes through a three-stage growth cycle, during which it falls out and regrows, ensuring that not all hair grows or falls out at the same time.
In people with hereditary hair loss, the duration of the growth phase gradually shortens, and the shedding phase begins earlier. This process is triggered by dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
Hereditary hair loss is often caused by overly sensitive hair roots that react to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Caffeine can counteract this by stimulating the hair root and boosting the energy metabolism. By extending the growth phases of the hair roots, hair growth is supported well into old age.
Caffeine has been known for more than 20 years for its growth-stimulating effect on hair roots. It inhibits the breakdown of the intracellular messenger cAMP. As a result, more energy is available to the cells and cell growth is stimulated.
Caffeine is therefore the most researched active ingredient of plant origin against hereditary hair loss.
Zinc and niacin promote energy metabolism and can improve nutrient supply to the hair roots.
Men with a family history of hair loss are likely to have a genetic predisposition and are more likely to develop baldness themselves.
It doesn't have to come to that if you start using caffeine early on. Alpecin Caffeine Shampoo keeps hair healthy and counteracts the negative effects of DHT at the hair root. Daily use can break the vicious cycle and ensure healthy, full hair. If you don't want to wash your hair every day, you can also use Alpecin Caffeine Liquid.
* hereditary hair loss
** in vivo study, n=15 participants with hereditary hair loss
Caffeine stimulates the metabolism and is consumed globally. Find out more about the power of the active ingredient caffeine, how it strengthens your hair, and how it reduces hair loss.
Genetic predisposition is not the only factor that plays an important role in hair loss. Reduced blood circulation on the scalp, external environmental factors, stress and illness can also contribute to hair loss.
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Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), is partly responsible for hereditary hair loss
DHT shortens the growth phase of scalp hair significantly
Hair roots wither and no longer produce new hair
