I actually do believe that you are trying to help and it is obvious you have given this a lot of thought. However, just by skimming through your text I can point out a lot of flaws in your theory which is a good example of pseudoscience.
First of all: No, DHT is not in excess in balding men. The difference between balding men and non balding men is the signalling cascade that it activates in the hair follicle, not the actual serum amount of it.
The reason women do not go bald is because they do not carry that Y-chromosome. A result of that is that they lack one of the genes that have been found to cause balding and they also have significantly lower amounts of androgens.
Also DHT is not rejected by follicles. On the contrary DHT actually bind to the same receptor as testosterone, but with a much higher affinity. So by your theory the DHT would be the hormone that is "used up" early on in the blood stream.
However your theory is flawed there to as DHT is actually produced from testosterone in the skin and hair follicles themselves and the circulating amount of it probably do not play a significant role in the process.
Finasteride if effective, not by decreasing libido, but by decreasing the activity of the enzyme 5ar that converts testosterone to DHT which equals lesser amount of high affinity bindning to the receptor and therefore a decrease in the signalling cascade it causes.
This is by no means meant to shoot you down in any way as I said I am sure that you are actually just trying to help people.
However the theory and the (lack of) science behind it is flawed and my personal opinion is that there is no link between masturbation and hair loss.
First of all: No, DHT is not in excess in balding men. The difference between balding men and non balding men is the signalling cascade that it activates in the hair follicle, not the actual serum amount of it.
The reason women do not go bald is because they do not carry that Y-chromosome. A result of that is that they lack one of the genes that have been found to cause balding and they also have significantly lower amounts of androgens.
Also DHT is not rejected by follicles. On the contrary DHT actually bind to the same receptor as testosterone, but with a much higher affinity. So by your theory the DHT would be the hormone that is "used up" early on in the blood stream.
However your theory is flawed there to as DHT is actually produced from testosterone in the skin and hair follicles themselves and the circulating amount of it probably do not play a significant role in the process.
Finasteride if effective, not by decreasing libido, but by decreasing the activity of the enzyme 5ar that converts testosterone to DHT which equals lesser amount of high affinity bindning to the receptor and therefore a decrease in the signalling cascade it causes.
This is by no means meant to shoot you down in any way as I said I am sure that you are actually just trying to help people.
However the theory and the (lack of) science behind it is flawed and my personal opinion is that there is no link between masturbation and hair loss.
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