Sorry amarant - I can't read that, I can stretch to a little french but that's about it.. lol. And online translators generally suck. Either way It doesn't look like a scientific study, but obviously I can't possibly comment.
I'd suggest also looking at it like this though, even if the two were significantly linked (and please understand I'm not conceeding that they are) working out isn't going to make you bald if you weren't going that way anyway. Who is going to fit the general "social concept" of attractiveness more - the fat/skinny guy with a thinning head of hair, or the muscular toned guy with buzzed/shaved head. Working out is a great way to improve your appearance, improve you confidence and above all keep you
healthy.
phish said:
well bodybuilders take steroids so its not really rubbish, now it depends on what he means by bodybuilding, usally people that call themselves bodybuilders compete and take steroids, if your just a standard gym goer i wouldn't call your self a bodybuilder. In the case that he is taking steroids of course he is going to bald quicker. Now again I dont know what steroids or supplements your takeing, if your naturally and not takeing anys supplements i doubt its caused by just working out, unless your not getting enuff water and calories to replenish the ones you burn.
Some bodybuilders take steroids, some don't. But it's irrelevant because the way you are putting it, as it is the taking steroids that is responsible, not the bodybuilding... so the point stands. Take steroids without going to the gym and you'll lose just as much hair because you're still pumping all that exogenous test or test pre-cursors into your system, but you won't change your body structure much - the body building is a moot point.
Just as an aside, it's a ridiculous stereotype that all bodybuilders all take steroids by the way... I know plenty of big guys who would never touch a test booster let alone pro hormones or steroids. That said pro-circuit bodybuilders (other than the all naturals of course) do all juice... and lots of it, but it's important to be able to distinguish them from the other folk.
Lener - I would look to diet as the first culprit. Make sure you take on board plenty of water as mentioned, and maybe look to make sure you are getting enough essential fatty acids either through diet or additional supplementation. The only reason I asked about whether you had taken creatine was because this will up your water intake requirements even more!
Dry skin though is not a usual reaction to working out in my experience, and it might be worth going to see a dr about to see if they can shed any light on the problem.
