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Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery

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Re: Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery

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Oi! Baldy Just accept that it is part of life and of being male. Its because we have testosterone. save yourself a small fortune in hair cuts Buy yourself some decent hair clippers No 1, job done If you want hair on your head grow a beard

Why though? I started taking Finasteride, and so far with zero side effects my hair loss completely stopped.

Costs basically nothing and I like my hair? I wish there wasn’t this stigma associated with it and I would have started sooner.

Re: Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery

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Oi! Baldy Just accept that it is part of life and of being male. Its because we have testosterone. save yourself a small fortune in hair cuts Buy yourself some decent hair clippers No 1, job done If you want hair on your head grow a beard

Why though? I started taking Finasteride, and so far with zero side effects my hair loss completely stopped. Costs basically nothing and I like my hair? I wish there wasn’t this stigma associated with it and I would have started sooner.

Finasteride is scary bro, too many firsthand accounts of issues for me.

Re: Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery

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Hmm the article says it is believed to be "as effective as Minoxidil" - which really doesn't cure baldness, more like prevents its onset. So if you're already bald - tough luck.

So far I think the reality of it is: - to slow down baldness - drugs like minoxidil - to stop baldness - PRP sessions once every few years - to reverse it - hair transplants

I wonder if they would be able to not only get into "slow down" territory but to "stop" with a drug based on this sugar.

I was balding from 25 years onward and had made peace with it by just shaving my head. But recently I had an extended sabbatical and thought to myself - what the hell, let me try the "Elon Musk" way and just did some hair implants. It was rather painful, and took almost a month to fully recover, but it was soo worth it. Had forgotten how satisfying it was to have hair through your fingers plus walking out in the sun is much simpler now, no hats required.

Re: Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery

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post #5
post #3

Oi! Baldy Just accept that it is part of life and of being male. Its because we have testosterone. save yourself a small fortune in hair cuts Buy yourself some decent hair clippers No 1, job done If you want hair on your head grow a beard

Why though? I started taking Finasteride, and so far with zero side effects my hair loss completely stopped. Costs basically nothing and I like my hair? I wish there wasn’t this stigma associated with it and I would have started sooner.

Be careful though. It's found to probably cause suicidal thoughts to some people (myself included).

Re: Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why though? I started taking Finasteride, and so far with zero side effects my hair loss completely stopped. Costs basically nothing and I like my hair? I wish there wasn’t this stigma associated with it and I would have started sooner.

Be careful though. It's found to probably cause suicidal thoughts to some people (myself included).

How do you know it's from fin? And are you sure it was caused directly and not from another side effect? Eg sexual disfunction.
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