DHT, or dihydrotestosterone, is a type of androgen hormone that’s produced by your body as a byproduct of testosterone.

A decrease in high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL c), one of the major risk factors for coronary artery disease, occurs during puberty in males. Previous studies have shown this effect with ...

Endogenous androgens, including testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT), are responsible for the normal growth and development of the male sex organs and for maintenance of secondary sex ...

A holistic or integrative approach to hair loss considers the hair growth cycle and hair loss from a nutritional, ...

Testosterone gets converted in the hair follicle to a more potent form called dihydrotestosterone. Some hair follicles have receptors on them that are very sensitive to this higher form of ...

Typically, men’s hair loss occurs because of an increase in an enzyme in the scalp that converts testosterone to a more potent form, called dihydrotestosterone (or DHT). The reasons that one man ...