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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 Reason077 »

joegibbs wrote: post #11
reify wrote: 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

Image is really a lot more important than conventional wisdom would say it is (and people would hope, since judging people subconsciously on appearance isn't very fair), and a lot of people get a long way based mostly on image. People who are perceived as more attractive really are treated better for no real reason apart from that, and there are negative stereotypes associated with baldness. In fiction there are tons…

> ”bald heroes - you've got The Rock, Jason Statham, who else?”

Bruce Willis was pretty great, and pretty bald, back in the day.

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

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Post by necovek »

roydivision wrote: post #45

A true cure would be a change in the way male baldness is perceived by society.

Agreed, I find it amazing it's even called a "cure", as if baldness is an illness.

Sure, it can cause psychological issues, but so can short height or big nose or what-have-you, and we don't talk about "curing" those (except in some hormonal imbalance cases).

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Post by Ma8ee »

reify wrote: 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

I’ve been balding since I was 23 and trimmed my head for about 2 decades now. I can’t grow a decent beard for the life of it, but my eyebrows need regular trimming, so I am considering letting them grow for a magnificent comb over.

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

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Post by mr_world »

trallnag wrote: post #43
mr_world wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe sugar paste doesn't make it feel like you're having a heart attack every time you apply it

Sure you are using Minoxidil?

Yep, take a look at the side effects. There are a lot related to chest pain, and believe me when I say I got all of them. A few minutes after I put even a single drop on my scalp it was doubled over clutching my chest. It was the Kirkland signature 5%. I stopped taking it after a few months (I really wanted it to work) and even after I kept getting chest pain episodes until about a year later.

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

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Post by stavros »

prepend wrote: post #39
seer wrote: post #7

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" terr…

How long will hair transplants last?

I've had them for seven years now and they seem OK. I also think they were super worth it, best purchase I made after my 3D printer. I look younger now than I did ten years ago, and it only cost $5k.

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Post by llm_trw »

goestoo wrote: post #14
reify wrote: 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

I'm sick of these people telling others people just accept it and shave it up. Most people look better with hair, losing your hair is a drastic change, for most people it takes years to cope with it and if someone want to go to treatment it's ok.

This is literally what body positivity should be about. Not supporting people dying from diabetes in their 30s.

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Post by NicoJuicy »

joegibbs wrote: post #11
reify wrote: 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

Image is really a lot more important than conventional wisdom would say it is (and people would hope, since judging people subconsciously on appearance isn't very fair), and a lot of people get a long way based mostly on image. People who are perceived as more attractive really are treated better for no real reason apart from that, and there are negative stereotypes associated with baldness. In fiction there are tons…

I think there's biological proof that baldness with men isn't that bad "image" wise.

As far as I know, baldness is with women and men... And the reason why you don't see many bald woman is..

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

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Post by trhway »

whatnotests2 wrote: post #2

Please, please let this be real.

Quick google brings a bunch of articles clearly establishing that 2dDR stimulates angiogenesis (through increased production of VEGF), ie. the angiogenesis effect seems to be real. Whether angiogenesis will always produce hairgrowth effect and to what extent is not clear, yet it seems that in many cases it should. Anyway, i don't see how better vascularization of the head skin can be anything but a good thing (i'm not a doctor, just speculating), especially say after hair transplant, and wonder whether it may be also used for some face skin issues or like in my case - for cold hands :)

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Post by Ringz »

reify wrote: 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

> Its because we have testosterone.

If you mean that men with baldness have more testosterone than men with hair and that due to the higher testosterone concentration men with baldness have lost their hair, I have to disappoint you: Men with baldness do not have a higher concentration of testosterone on average. The hair roots of men with baldness are more sensitive to testosterone, another cause of hair loss. In your context, men with baldness have another weakness. Sorry.

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