Alopecia - What Is it? - Treatment

Alopecia is the usual male hairloss pattern, where hair has fallen from the back top area of the scalp, forming a more or less circular hairless area.  Alopecia begins with the conversion of testosterone, the male hormone, into dihydro-testosterone, with the aid of the enzyme  5-hydrogenase.  Dihydro-testosterone shortens the life circle of hair, resulting in advanced stages in thinner and shorter hair, which at the end stage, falls and does not appear again.  At that stage, if 5-alpha-reductase is blocked i.e. its biological activity is reduced, the hydrogenation of testosterone is reduced, and since testosterone remains intact, hair appears again.  It has been proved by clinical research for the chemical substance Finasteride that it inhibits the action of 5-hydogenase.

However, it has side effects, some of which are important for the user, like libido reduction.  More recently it has been empirically found out that another substance, namely Azelaic acid, has the same effect on dihydro-testosterone formation if used locally and has no negative effect on libido.
Azelaic acid is conbined with the classical active substance Minoxidil in the form of lotion against hair falling.  Minoxidil has been initially used as a medicine against high blood pressure.  It was noticed, however, that new hair appeared on users with alopecia problems.  That fact encouraged the use of that chemical in the development of lotions against hair falling.

Nowadays a number of substances participate  in hair falling formulations, each contributing in its own way in tackling alopecia and other relevant hair problems. 

In our long career we have experienced hundreds of successful treatments in Cyprus and were given the chance to develop up to perfection our formulas against alopecia.