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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 seper8 »

AmericanChopper wrote: post #23
aplummer wrote: post #5

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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.

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…

Finasteride does not suppress your natural testosterone production. Your free testosterone levels might actually be increased. As precursors are no longer converted into dihydrotestosterone but into testosterone...

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

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Post by seper8 »

Ma8ee wrote: post #53
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.

If you really want a beard, you can use minoxidil to PERMANENTLY increase your beard thickness.

If you combine it with microneedling, you can see incredible results in as short as six months.

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

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Post by wasmitnetzen »

pqs wrote: post #48
goestoo wrote: post #14

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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.

Years to cope? I fully accepted it, as my father and my grand father. Fighting against nature seems pointless to me.

Fighting against nature is sort of the main activity of humans.

Also, don't project your own experience on others.

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

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Post by tidenly »

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #28
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.

I just started taking finasteride and it seems it has negatively impacted my arousal patterns. I am also transgender and taking estrogen (but no t-blockers, hence the finasteride) but I did not make any other med changes for a year when I started finasteride so the correlation feels pretty clear. I would rather not be taking it!

I thought after you take estrogen long enough you don't have to take t blockers or fin anyway? Once your body see's you have enough sex hormone doesn't it naturally stop T, even if the hormone is estrogen? (Sorry for the stupid question)

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

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Post by littlecranky67 »

seethedeaduu wrote: post #19
cyberax wrote: post #15

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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. Minoxidil can reverse _some_ baldness. Apparently by stimulating blood vessels and waking the dormant hair follicles. Once you stop taking it, they revert back to the dormant state, and you lose the hair that you gained. You're probably thi…

Dutasteride and finasteride can also reverse some baldness.

There is also a recent study [0] that found efficacy of essential rosmary oil to be as effective as minoxidil with less side effects when used topicaly as a shampoo additive.

[0]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25842469/

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

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Post by AmericanChopper »

seper8 wrote: post #61
AmericanChopper wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Finasteride does not suppress your natural testosterone production. Your free testosterone levels might actually be increased. As precursors are no longer converted into dihydrotestosterone but into testosterone...

I think you need to keep reading. Finasteride blocks the enzyme that converts testosterone to DHT, which initially raises your testosterone levels. Your body reacts to this by secreting less luteinizing hormone, which results in less testosterone production, and your test levels return pre-finasteride levels. This is the suppression of natural testosterone production, and is exactly the same reaction you’d get from directly taking exogenous testosterone. If you ever come off finasteride, your test levels will immediately drop, and may or may not ever return to normal. If you’ve been taking finasteride for a very long time, it would be unlikely for your testosterone levels to ever return to what they were pre-finasteride.

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

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Post by gadders »

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

Agreed. Being self conscious about not having hair is much worse than the actual fact of not having hair.

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Post by gadders »

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…

>> whereas being fat or skinny and bald is almost always a negative

Being fat or skinny is under you control. Losing your hair (absent miracle cures) really isn't.

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