Association of Fibrosis in Bulge Portion with Hair Follicle Miniaturization in Androgenetic Alopecia

Armando Jose

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If bulge stem cells dont reach to the dermal papilla, the hair probably get miniaturiced
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Pls_NW-1

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Now the million dollar question:
How can we prevent it!? Or even reverse it!? Lol
 

Pls_NW-1

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I think fibrosis is a natural process.
If there is no follicle, then the scalp gets "hard" lol.

Its a synergistic effect of the miniaturization.

Hope u understand what I mean.
The question could be, what cause fibrosis? Maybe an inflammatory process?
 

waynakyo

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I posted a paper few days ago, scroll down, about current fibrosis drugs. (I also posted that same paper here :))
 

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Pretty simple to counteract Fibrosis with Taurine (topical). Great at fighting TGF-beta. Too bad it makes me very tired and sleepy.

We should look at some others. Curcumin, NAC, also sorta work but in my experience worse than Taurine.
 

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What happens when you get a transplant in fibrotic scalp? Just a random question.
 

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Pretty simple to counteract Fibrosis with Taurine (topical). Great at fighting TGF-beta. Too bad it makes me very tired and sleepy.

We should look at some others. Curcumin, NAC, also sorta work but in my experience worse than Taurine.
A year ago you said the opposite
 

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...trying to read more about bulge. check this out:
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In 1992, Jaworsky and colleagues showed that biopsies of males and females with androgenetic alopecia showed the presence of activated T-cell infiltrates about the lower portions of follicular infundibula. Inflammatory cells infiltrated the region of the follicular bulge, the putative source of stem cells in cycling follicles. It was postulated that the progressive fibrosis of the perifollicular sheath might begin with T-cell infiltration of follicular stem cell epithelium and that the perifollicular fibrosis actually impairs hair growth.
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ps. it's also discussed here on gourmetstylewellness.com:
 

Armando Jose

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...trying to read more about bulge. check this out:
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In 1992, Jaworsky and colleagues showed that biopsies of males and females with androgenetic alopecia showed the presence of activated T-cell infiltrates about the lower portions of follicular infundibula. Inflammatory cells infiltrated the region of the follicular bulge, the putative source of stem cells in cycling follicles. It was postulated that the progressive fibrosis of the perifollicular sheath might begin with T-cell infiltration of follicular stem cell epithelium and that the perifollicular fibrosis actually impairs hair growth.
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ps. it's also discussed here on gourmetstylewellness.com:
Yes, Jaworsky and Kligman in 1999

Characterization of inflammatory infiltrates in male pattern alopecia: implications for pathogenesis​

The data suggest that progressive fibrosis of the perifollicular sheath occurs in lesions of pattern alopecia, and may begin with T-cell infiltration of follicular stem cell epithelium. Injury to follicular stem cell epithelium and/or thickening of adventitial sheaths may impair normal pilar cycling and result in hair loss.
 
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