health and today really i want to talk about male pattern baldness okay so
your dad may have lost his hair your uncle may have lost his hair your brother may have lost
your hair you may have lost your hair or you may be trying to prevent it what is the association
between hair loss in men and the prostate and what medication is currently one of the leading
ways to help prevent it some of those disastrous side effects that are associated with it and an
all-natural approach to preventing the prostate from swelling but also preventing male pattern
baldness right now some of you were going to tell me dr rachel i wish i'd
had this information earlier but i say better late than never so when we think about male pattern
baldness and maybe you're losing your hair you're starting to lose it in the top or you're starting
to lose it in the back really what we're looking at is something called dihydrotestosterone or dht
now when our body makes testosterone the cool thing about it is that testosterone
has a few options once it's present right and in some gentlemen and even women
some of that testosterone preferentially turns into something called dht now i'll go into the
mechanism of how that happens because i want you to understand it in order to understand
how you can prevent it and how you can stop it and some natural approaches to it as opposed to taking
some medication for it right then so that the other thing that in that dht is responsible for
is an enlarged prostate so generally speaking when i have a guy who comes in and he's he's talking
to me about ed or maybe it sounds like he has prostate issues i'm always looking at the hair or
if i can't see him i'm asking about baldness or if he's bald i'm asking how long have you been bald
because what we find is there's a little bit of a correlation between hair loss and that
swollen prostate right so let's talk a little bit about the mechanism and how that happens so
your testicles make testosterone the majority of them is made from their testicles and not the
adrenals so once we get the testosterone what happens to some of that testosterone is it's
actually converted into something called dht now we got the muscle there because dht is actually
a stronger more androgenic type of testosterone so you're thinking oh that's great because that
dht can help you build muscle quicker that's why sometimes you see these bodybuilders who
taking tons of testosterone they may be built up down here but they're they've lost their hair
right because all of that testosterone sometimes turns into dht so dht helps you grow muscles but
it annihilates the hair follicle and eventually makes the hair follicles thin out so much
that it falls out and dies right now we look at that a little further when we're talking about
prostate dht actually has a similar effect on prostate doesn't make it shrivel up and die but
what it actually does is it allows for more binding to the androgen receptor which then
can can cause a proliferation or a spreading out or a swelling of the cells within the prostate
right so none of that is what you want right that's oftentimes why when you start taking
testosterone and some people we start to see a swelling of prostate because what's happening is
more of that testosterone instead of staying free and happy to be used it actually can be converted
into dht and into and end up causing some issues so let's kind of talk a little bit about
how one of the most popular ways in our country to deal with it something called proscar or propecia
you know like if you if you subscribe to one of these these ads that you see online or on
your television you might have even ordered some you might be taking some because you're thinking
wow let me prevent this hair loss but let me tell you something i have more trouble trying to help
guys heal from finasteride or proscar or propecia what it does to their sex drive and their e.d
than anything else so i honestly feel as though we have to have other options so finasteride has been
used for years you may even have prostate issues you may look at your prostate medicine and this
might be one of the ones that the doctor puts you on well it used to it's used to treat male pattern
baldness and benign prostatic hypertrophy or bph and what it's doing is it's actually
inhibiting something called the 5-alpha reductase and 5-alpha reductase is what takes testosterone
to dht but it sounds great in theory but let's talk about some of these serious side
effects that are associated with it these are so serious that i see them regularly
a lot of times with medication side effects you you know you don't really see them as often
but these are the ones that pop up consistently low sex drive ed ejaculatory disorders nipple
discharge breast growth i mean you know there's some nausea and things associated with it too
but these are the serious side effects so what i want you to do is really start to understand
what's happening when we have male pattern baldness what's happening why why what's fueling
prostatic enlargement so that you can understand some of the supplements that are useful for them
and particularly today we're talking about the one that in austria and germany is kind of the first
line for for male pattern baldness they're using it as the first line for bph because
what's happening is as your testicles are making testosterone right the testosterone um is going
into the cells of the prostate and five alpha reductase right here is actually causing it to
change into dht right so that's the first thing then what's happening is you are going to see this
androgen receptor over here to the side and what's happening with the androgen receptor is that now
what's happening is those cells are binding dht more readily right and that's not something that
we want to do then we take it one step further and it's causing that same dht is actually causing the
prostate cells to proliferate and grow and expand in numbers so something called saw palmetto which
is kind of one of those number ones when you look at we go into the any grocery store or
any drugstore and you look at prostate support medicine or you look at vitamins for hair loss
this is going to be the top thing that you see there it's called saw palmetto now saw palmetto
is taken from a palm tree right and it's saw palmetto extract they're actually using these
berries to do it now what we're actually using saw palmetto for is saw palmetto is actually
taking and it's going to take these five alpha reductase and it's going to inhibit it right so
that's the first site it's going to work then it's going to actually work at the receptor and
it's going to make it so that it's not binding as much to the receptor so that it's not causing the
prostate cells to grow and expand then it's going to take it one step further with the prostate and
we're going to get into what it's going to do with the hair and it's going to decrease inflammation
and it's going to take it one step further and it's going to be an anti-proliferative agent right
this is saw palmetto so it's basically a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor just like
finasteride just like proscar and propecia but it's working it doesn't have all these side
effects right it doesn't have all these sexual side effects so let's talk about what it's doing
when we're talking about male pattern baldness right so when you see the dht working on the hair
follicles basically causing the hair follicles to shrink and fall out you can get started on
something like saw palmetto and basically what it's going to do is it's actually going to
stop this process right here by blocking that five alpha reductase that we're talking about
right here right so there's no reason that you should have to go straight to propecia or
straight to proscar there's no reason really for you to have to be on these things when they are
all natural ways to approach this now i'm going to say this not all supplements are created equally
if you see it on amazon for 10.99 it's likely not going to have the same impact as the one
that your doctor might recommend to you so there are such thing as as pharmaceutical grade
supplements and so what i say each and every to each and every one of you is that if you're on
these medications these prescription medications for hair loss for bph you don't necessarily have
to just go cold turkey and go the herbal route but what you can do is work with your physician
to decrease the medication and by supplementing in the herbal supplements so there's no real reason
anymore for you to have to rely on finasteride when it comes to prostate or hair loss okay so i'm
dr rachel and this is what we do we help optimize men's health and really honestly i think that you
get the best outcomes with help when you know all of the options when you know your options
and you can make an educated decision and you and your doctor can work together to figure out
what's right for you right now we have saw paul metal creams that people can rub on their head
and their scalps we have saw palmetto supplements that you can actually take but honestly one of the
hardest things as a physician and a sexologist to treat is post finasteride syndrome and that's the
ed the ejaculatory issues the low sex drive and all of the stuff that comes with it all right
so i'm so excited to hear your questions so drop your questions below so i can get to them if you
can if you want to take an all-natural approach to your erectile function go ahead and check out
my bundle at dr rachel institute dot com slash bundle and honestly when it comes to your health
you have to know that you have options and that there's always another way of doing it okay so
here we go now that i've gotten through that part now i can take
some of your questions right all right so let me see here
all right david when i do your smoothies i always add watermelon as it is very good for
ed and there are any important i need to add to a smoothie as i have pelvis damage
pelvis damage so you have had a crush injury and so you've no doubt had neurological damage as well
so what you want to focus on particularly when it comes to your supplements is you want to focus on
coming up with a supplement regimen that focuses not only on your deficiencies what you are
nutritionally deficient in but also on things that are going to try to help you regenerate
nerve function when we have a crush injury we know we having blood flow issues but we also know
that we have neurological function that we need to improve and generally speaking for guys who
have neurological issues one of one of my go-to supplements is i usually add some ginkgo biloba
i'm also targeting neurological function by using using a whole host of essential fatty acids
that are necessary to help repair nerve function so i think for you those are the two things that
you need to work on and you also need to work on regenerating the tissue right you need to come up
with a really good pumping regimen and on top of the pumping regimen once you've gotten your
groove with that and you've done that for a few months and you're using your smoothie recipes
accordingly then you want to start to think about um shockwave therapy or maybe even
prp all right so when you're dealing with a major blow like a like a pelvis crush injury
you've got to go full speed ahead and and throw a shotgun approach at it okay great questions ah
so take saw palmetto now saw palmetto and and honestly any supplement that we talk about or any
nutrient that we talk about you never know if it's going to be right for you right soft metal can be
fantastic for one person and the next person might take it and start itching or have an allergic
reaction so you really honestly have to figure out what is right for you now generally speaking if
someone has a very enlarged prostate or is losing hair at an astronomical rate you have supplements
that come together as combinations right or you can just take a pure version of the supplement
what i advocate with saw palmetto for a lot of people is to go straight on saw palmetto
and try that first and then you can add the combination ones in there because you know
you're not having any adverse events or problems with saul palmetto but salt palmetto you know when
we think about prostate enlargement men it starts in the 40s but by the time by the time someone is
in their 60s 70s and even 90s we see over half of the population of men with an enlarged prostate
so if you can start integrating something early on that's not only going to help you have a healthier
prostate but help prevent hair loss or help help you even start to grow back some of that hair i
think it's always kind of a win-win right so keep that in mind but we always have to keep in mind
not everything is right for everybody and you kind of have to try it and this these are the types of
things conversations you want to have with your own health care provider so that they can give
you the pros and cons and what they think about it but also so you can educate your health care
provider because let's face it none of us know everything all right so if you missed our last
live we really focused heavily on the prostate and the prostatic massage now an all-natural
approach to prostate care and an all-natural approach to hair loss is possible but you
really want to get out in front of it in advance like when you start to notice your hair thinning
that's when you really want to get into some of this not when it's all gone you know once it's
all gone we have to start thinking about a pro a transplant at that point or some
some other options when it comes to our prostate once you start getting up one or two times a night
to urinate consistently whether you drunk whether you drink a lot of water or not that's when you
want to get started and thinking about some of these you don't want to when you start to notice
that your stream isn't as as as as forceful as it used to be or that your ejaculate isn't as
powerful as it used to be that's when you want to start thinking about some of these things for your
prostate i don't want you to wait until you're all the way into your 80s whether you're like well i
mean is this going to help well we've got to we we've got a lot of work to do by then so you want
to start as early as you possibly can thinking about these things and putting together a plan
of care for your prostate for your erections for your general overall health and for some of you
you've started using the bundle information and the bundle is packed with information of healthy
nutraceuticals and and plant and plant products that you can use in the same way that we're using
western medicine you know that there's not as many studies on this type of stuff because it's
not patentable and there's not a lot a whole lot of money in it for pharmaceutical con companies
but at the end of the day we're having very similar results with less side effects and that's
ultimately the type of stuff that you really want to help have so you once you hit 40 and you start
to notice hey you know maybe things aren't quite like they used to be i've got to use this pill and
that pill that's ultimately the perfect time for you to start planning to have the right food on in
your diet to eliminate the stuff that's a problem someone asked me the other day doc i smoke is this
is this causing a problem hell yeah smoking is like battery acid for your erection
and for all of the arteries and everywhere else in your body so yes you want to start living a
lifestyle that promotes erectile function to help annihilate erectile dysfunction because inevitably
what happens if you let your sexual health decline over time and this is one of the main reasons i do
this is it helps chip it it chips away at the family structure right you're irritable you you
feel like it's someone else's fault other than your own you want to blame it on on everything so
you decide maybe if i try somebody new that might be the option that might be the way to to to get
out of this and so it ultimately becomes something that not only chips away at your self-esteem
and your confidence but it really chips away at the family structure so you've got to take it
seriously you've got to see your doctor you want to get an evaluation you want to make sure nothing
else is wrong and then you want to change and have a lifestyle that supports erectile function
so that we can avoid erectile dysfunction and if you happen to be taking finasteride proscar
propecia or whatever it's called in your country i want you to start thinking about all natural
alternatives and ways to kind of start weaning off of that all right so join me here every thursday
we go live and it is a pleasure to do this with you so like this video share this video
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little more often than they used to or you know maybe it's time for them to let it go cut the rest
down because the rest is showing let them know that there are other ways to approach this topic
and that is nothing else to be ashamed about alright i'll see you later