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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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bob1029 wrote: post #146

Minoxidil is the only thing that ever "worked" for me, but I got tired of the routine very quickly and it wasn't nearly as effective as desired. The real cure is to stop worrying about it and to buzz off whatever remaining hair. You will look and feel 10x better than if you try to patchwork your way through it. Think about the end game - hair loss is probably only going to escalate over time. This is an uphill battle…

Yeah, can't fix what isn't broken. I just shrugged and moved on. Never worried about it for a minute. I would definitely try something easy with zero side effects, though. Just curious if we can crack this nut. It would be way more impactful for women if it works for them.

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Post by seethedeaduu »

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #104
seethedeaduu wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"High" E dosages enough to knock down your T are not that high at all. Also fin won't reduce your T, it might actually increase it, and by using fin instead of duta you still produce dht. Chances are you are still irreversiblly masculinizing if you are on a low dosage of E (including oral). Please consider an actual T blocker, and consider a suitable medication to help with erections.

Im not on a low dose, I take 8mg oral estradiol per day. It’s just not a particularly high dose, just the highest my doctor is comfortable giving someone orally. I don’t care about the testosterone in my system I only want to stop hair loss (I’m very genderfucked non-binary). It was my doctor from the UCSF Transgender Care center that suggested finasteride may have effects similar to that of reducing T (specifically…

> 8mg oral estradiol per day

You are never going to supress T with just oral E.

> Also I’m 39, so whatever masculinization I’m due for I suspect has all happened already.

It never ends.

If you feel like finasteride isn't helping much try dutasteride instead.

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

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Post by datavirtue »

illiac786 wrote: post #159
birriel wrote: post #148

Those encouraging folks to "just shave it off" fail to realize that it's so much more than a vanity issue. From an evolutionary standpoint, baldness is perceived in the female brain as a sign of poor sperm quality [0]. [0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S102781171...

True, but they are also encouraging to instead invest in other parts of your body which can more than compensate for this negative effect on female humans. Muscles…

....and money, and not being a douche.

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

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Post by seethedeaduu »

bob1029 wrote: post #146

Minoxidil is the only thing that ever "worked" for me, but I got tired of the routine very quickly and it wasn't nearly as effective as desired. The real cure is to stop worrying about it and to buzz off whatever remaining hair. You will look and feel 10x better than if you try to patchwork your way through it. Think about the end game - hair loss is probably only going to escalate over time. This is an uphill battle…

> hair loss is probably only going to escalate over time

Not if you take the right meds. And I can assure you, they are very real.

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Post by datavirtue »

Gud wrote: post #90
canucker2016 wrote: post #83

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I remember a female comedian, (perhaps Amy Schumer), joking that when she saw Jeff Bezos, she knew there was no cure for baldness. If a multi-centi-billionaire is bald, then there's no viable baldness cure at any price.

Or perhaps it’s not so important to him to keep up to date with the latest anti-balding techniques?

He can delegate it.

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Post by datavirtue »

lossolo wrote: post #122
sumedh wrote: post #94

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> she knew there was no cure for baldness. Look up Elons photos during balding phase and now.

Elon has good donor area, area from which he had hair transplant. Not everyone have a good donor area and if you are NW7 (north wood scale) then hair transplant will not help you.

Transplants? Fucking pathetic.

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Post by seethedeaduu »

scohesc wrote: post #145

I hope there's a cure for hair loss but it's too late for me. My doctor doesn't want to prescribe me finasteride or deuteroxide because of the negative health side effects, even though I was persistent. I was told by my doctor to "come to terms with it" because he's bald. Guess what, you're a doctor buddy, you'll be attractive to anybody you talk to. I'm just a lonely IT guy with no life and no social prospects, so a…

You know you don't have to let yourself be gatekept by a doctor, right?

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

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Post by tarsinge »

birriel wrote: post #148

Those encouraging folks to "just shave it off" fail to realize that it's so much more than a vanity issue. From an evolutionary standpoint, baldness is perceived in the female brain as a sign of poor sperm quality [0]. [0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S102781171...

I don’t find any mention of this on the study. But even if there was you realize how insignificant that signal is compared to everything else right? From personal anecdotes to any married bald man it’s trivial to show it’s irrelevant. Like others have said work on what you can improve, like getting fit, and obviously confidence and empathy first by getting female friends and in the process realizing they are not cavewomen. If you are seriously looking at studies for what is attractive then that’s 100% the problem, not your hair.

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

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Post by skyyler »

seethedeaduu wrote: post #165
bob1029 wrote: post #146

Minoxidil is the only thing that ever "worked" for me, but I got tired of the routine very quickly and it wasn't nearly as effective as desired. The real cure is to stop worrying about it and to buzz off whatever remaining hair. You will look and feel 10x better than if you try to patchwork your way through it. Think about the end game - hair loss is probably only going to escalate over time. This is an uphill battle…

> hair loss is probably only going to escalate over time Not if you take the right meds. And I can assure you, they are very real.

Finasteride works great.
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