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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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Post by eska »

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…

lonely […], no life and no social prospects

Let’s say there’s a magical pill that gives you amazing hair. You’ll still be a lonely IT guy with no life and no social prospects.

I don’t mean to offend you, but don’t you think that you could work on these things for guaranteed massive benefits instead of hoping for a pill that might work somewhat?

Whenever I hear people this desperate about their hair loss I notice how it just exposes a psychological problem that was always there.

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Post by TeaBrain »

seethedeaduu wrote: post #17
aplummer wrote: post #5

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.

Dutasteride is more effective and has less side effects :)

I'd be wary of claiming this. Dutasteride suppresses all three 5A-reductases, while finasteride only suppresses two.

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Post by TeaBrain »

seethedeaduu wrote: post #99
AmericanChopper wrote: post #23

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The side effects of finastetide can be pretty nasty, and you might not even notice you have them. You would expect it to suppress your natural testosterone production, which you’re not going to notice unless you ever stop taking it. It can easily reduce your fertility, which again you’re not going to notice unless you’re having trouble conceiving. The reduction in DHT can also have side effects that are far less visi…

DHT is poison

There have been a number of studies suggesting that DHT is neuroprotective.

Neuroprotection by dihydrotestosterone in LPS-induced neuroinflammation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096999612....

Neuroprotection of dihydrotestosterone via suppression of the toll-like receptor 4/nuclear factor-kappa B signaling pathway in high glucose-induced BV-2 microglia inflammatory responses https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31876682/

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

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Post by seethedeaduu »

raydev wrote: post #187
seethedeaduu wrote: post #165

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> 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.

Show me someone 55 or older with a successful stack and lush head full of hair that isn't due to genetics. Musk is one of the richest men in the world and he's had multiple transplants, yet is thinning aggressively again.

Is he on dutasteride?

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Post by seethedeaduu »

scohesc wrote: post #171
seethedeaduu wrote: post #168

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

It's either go through a doctor, get a prescription and have it covered in some capacity by insurance, or I go order from a third-party/online solution and pay hundreds of dollars for something I desperately want, but won't be able to sustain financially because insurance won't cover treatments without a prescription. I've already depressedly resigned myself to going bald - my hair is too far gone to have any medicat…

I mean you can try another doctor. I am surprised that you have to pay more than 10 euro per month though.

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Post by telcal »

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…

Minoxidil also comes in tablet form if you don't want to mess with the liquid or foam.

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Post by snapplebobapple »

ffsm8 wrote: post #182
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…

Depends on your income, honestly. Hair transplants are a thing and work pretty well if the person in question has the money available. Several streamers have covered their transplant phase, giving you an insight to their experience over the months. I personally don't value my hairline to that degree, but it does exist and works well.

This whole thing is weird to me. I have the genetics for good hair but ended up bizzing it off because it was annoying every few months. I only get haircuts now because my 3 year old son wamts haircuts and needs an example.the whole thing seems so dumb.

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Post by ASalazarMX »

snapplebobapple wrote: post #197
ffsm8 wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on your income, honestly. Hair transplants are a thing and work pretty well if the person in question has the money available. Several streamers have covered their transplant phase, giving you an insight to their experience over the months. I personally don't value my hairline to that degree, but it does exist and works well.

This whole thing is weird to me. I have the genetics for good hair but ended up bizzing it off because it was annoying every few months. I only get haircuts now because my 3 year old son wamts haircuts and needs an example.the whole thing seems so dumb.

"I don't know why those weirdos obsess with baldness" says man without baldness.

To be honest, I also cut it very short because it's comfortable and indeed looks better when it's receding, but it would be nice to have the choice.

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Post by ASalazarMX »

Seanambers wrote: post #111
worstspotgain wrote: post #72

> Findings from the study show that the deoxy ribose sugar is as effective at regrowing hair as Minoxidil - an existing drug used to treat hair loss Minoxidil is barely effective, especially for something that became widely available. It got approved in the 80s as a topical version of a hypertension drug, and IIRC the McStudy that supported it was funded by the original patent holder. I don't think anyone had much of…

As someone who started to loose his hair in the mid 20s and thinning until I buzzed it in my mid 30s. I will say that being bald sucks especially considering meeting people, sexual attraction and possibly your own perception of yourself. Having said that I don't think about it at all normally, but I'm not gonna pretend it doesn't matter. Loads of people take the 'high road' and say it doesn't matter but having hair i…

I was looking at pictures of young me who had a lot of hair, and it never looked as good as these wigs because I couldn't put the effort to do take care of a pro-level haircut like the one in your video. Part of the appeal in these videos is the professional hair style.

But still it would be nice to have a hirsute mane again, I can't lie.

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