"The specific relationship between testosterone and hormonally induced hair loss in men was discovered by a psychiatrist early in this century. At that time, castration was commonly performed on patients with certain types of mental illness as it seemed to have a calming effect upon many patients and castration reduced the sex drive of patients who had no outlet for their desires. The doctor noted that the identical twin brother of one patient was bald while the mentally ill (castrated) twin had a full head of hair. The doctor decided to determine the effect of treating his patient with testosterone, which had recently become available in a purified form. He injected the hairy twin with testosterone to see what would happen. Within weeks, the hairy twin began to lose all but his wreath of permanent hair, just like his normal twin. The doctor, then, stopped giving the testosterone to see whether the process would be reversed, but the balding process continued and his patient never regained his full head of hair. It was apparent to him that eliminating testosterone will slow, or stop, further hair loss once it has begun, but it will not revive any dead follicles."
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"The specific relationship between testosterone and hormonally induced hair loss in men was discovered by a psychiatrist early in this century. At that time, castration was commonly performed on patients with certain types of mental illness as it seemed to have a calming effect upon many patients and castration reduced the sex drive of patients who had no outlet for their desires. The doctor noted that the identical twin brother of one patient was bald while the mentally ill (castrated) twin had a full head of hair. The doctor decided to determine the effect of treating his patient with testosterone, which had recently become available in a purified form. He injected the hairy twin with testosterone to see what would happen. Within weeks, the hairy twin began to lose all but his wreath of permanent hair, just like his normal twin. The doctor, then, stopped giving the testosterone to see whether the process would be reversed, but the balding process continued and his patient never regained his full head of hair. It was apparent to him that eliminating testosterone will slow, or stop, further hair loss once it has begun, but it will not revive any dead follicles."
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Another example is male to female transsexuals. Take a look at forum member Chanceinamillion's photos. She is a great example. Male to female transsexuals who were balding before they got rid of the source of DHT would stop balding - and with stimulation would grow some of their hair back. How much hair they could grow back depended on how long they had been balding. The longer they had been balding, the less hair they could grow back. Chanceinamillion was easily a NW6 maybe a NW7 before she started cross-sex HRT. She was slick bald on top. After some time on her meds and using Minoxidil, she grew a lot of hair back. Not enough hair - but still a lot.
You see, when hair follicles stop producing hair they go into a dormant state. They can remain dormant for a few years before they die. Once a hair follicle dies, it will never produce hair again. However, if the dormant hair follicles can be repaired before they die, those hair follicles can be saved and can start producing hair gain. That is why the best solution for arresting your hair loss and possibly growing some back is to do both treat the cause and stimulate regrowth.
Another factor is how sensative a persons hair follicles are to DHT. Some people have hair follicles that are more sensative than others. Women also suffer from hereditary hair loss even though they have significantly less DHT than males. The problem is these poor women have enherited hair follicles that are very sensative to DHT. So sensative that it doesn't take much DHT to damage their hair follicles. What do these poor women need to do? They need to take a more potent anti-androgen that blocks the reception of DHT rather than the production of DHT. Then they still need to use Minoxidil to repair the damage so their hair can grow back.Comment
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right, I was just saying that just because your follicle is "inactive" at the moment, it does not mean that you will never be able to grow hair from it.
That story was probably exaggerated to make their business appeal as the only to treat hairloss.Comment
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btw,
Would it make sense to start using a light dose of minoxidil even if we know that the grown hair will fall out immediately after you stop using it.Comment
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Minoxidil is a vasodilator. The mechanism of action with regard to treating hair loss is not fully understood. However, the effect is known. It stimulates hair follicles that can still grow hair to grow hair, including dormant hair follicles. The regrown hair from previously dormant hair follicles starts out as downy peach fuzz. Over time and with continued use of the mediciation, the quality of the regrown hair improves with each hair cycle. This cannot happen unless the miniaturization of the hair follicles is itself reversing. This takes a long time though. It is not a quick process. This is why it takes four to six months before you will know if Minoxidil is working for you - but it takes longer before you will know how well Minoxidil is working for you. Often a lot longer. At least 12 to 18 months. Without treating the cause of hair loss, it can take even longer.Comment
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