What is Revivogen? (part one)

Revivogen is a range of products produced by the Los Angeles based company Advanced Skin and Hair Inc. The company's founder and CEO is Dr. Alex Khadavi, a certified dermatologist with a private practice in Los Angeles who is also an instructor in dermatology at the University of Southern California. Originally motivated by his own experience of beginning to lose hair as a young man, Dr. Khadavi developed Revivogen as a natural alternative to pharmaceutical DHT inhibitors after years of research into the causes of and available treatments for hair loss.

Revivogen has been on the market since 1999 and is not FDA approved. It must be remembered however that it does not require FDA approval because its active ingredients are all natural.

For many consumers, the company's branding of Revivogen as a treatment that only contains naturally occurring DHT inhibitors is one of the most attractive things about it. Moreover, it is a topical solution applied directly to the scalp, so unlike the drugs Finasteride and Dutasteride its inhibition of DHT is specific to the tissue of the scalp and does not result in systemic side effects. Like Dutasteride, Revivogen combats types I and II of the 5-alpha-reductase enzyme which is responsible for metabolising testosterone into DHT, the process that eventually contributes to hair loss in those who are genetically susceptible.

More tomorrow, but comments always welcome!