Human Hormones

Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is a hormone found in the human body. It is secreted from the prostate gland, testes, hair follicles, and adrenal glands. DHT is classified as an androgen sex steroid hormone.
Production and Secretion

DHT is produced in and secreted from the prostate gland, testes, hair follicles, and adrenal glands. It is a metabolite of testosterone. Parentally, DHT is responsible for the formation of male gender-specific characteristics. During puberty, it causes facial and body hair growth and deepening of the voice.

DHT has been isolated as the primary cause for both male pattern baldness and acne. Additionally, women with higher-than-normal levels of DHT commonly have some male gender-specific characteristics such as lip hair and low voice.
Pharmacological Uses

As is the case with all anabolic steroids, synthetic DHT is commonly used as a physical enhancement drug. Currently, there is no common medical usage of the DHT drug.

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), also known as prasterone, is a hormone found in the human body. It is secreted from the adrenal glands. DHEA is classified as both an androgen and a steroid hormone.

Another form of DHEA — dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), is a form of the DHEA hormone that is sulfated. While DHEA is an active hormone, DHEAS is not; DHEAS it is generally the form that DHEA takes when traveling through the bloodstream.
Production and Secretion

DHEA is produced in and secreted from the adrenal glands of the kidneys. It is the most abundant steroid hormone in the human body. DHEA’s primary purpose is to serve as a prohormone for the sex steroids. Researchers have had a difficult time separating the exact effects of DHEA from the other sex hormones as DHEA causes the release of the other sex steroids.

There are a few effects of DHEA that have been medically proven, including improvement of fat metabolism, increase in immune system function, decrease in insulin resistance, and increase in lean muscle mass. Other effects are currently being researched. A good way to determine what areas DHEA affects is to look at the effects of synthetic DHEA.
Pharmacological Uses

There are many common uses of synthetic DHEA, some of which have been proven in medical trials and some are merely speculated and not medically proven:

Systemic Lupus Erythematous
Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is a disease that causes, among other things, inflammation of the fibrous tissues surrounding the heart. Synthetic DHEA is often administered to SLE patients in order to improve vascular function and promote normal blood flow to the heart.

Prevention of Diseases
It has been postulated that synthetic DHEA may be beneficial in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, disorders of the immune system, depression, and osteoporosis.