Few questions about hair loss

[Guest]

Perhaps someone can clear some things up. Please answer true or false and give explainations if possible.

1) Generally, the more thicker and faster hair grows on the face and body, the more hair growth decreases on the scalp in baldness/DHT prone areas.

2) Products or treatments that claim to treat Alopecia Areata will not help with Androgenetic Alopecia (Pattern Baldness)

3) Finasteride and Minoxidil are a short term fix, they may only aid with Androgenetic Alopecia for up to 7 years, then results will almost or completely stop.

4) The reason for the horseshoe pattern in Androgenetic Alopecia is because hairs on the top and front of the scalp are more sensitive to DHT than the hairs at the sides and back.

5a) Hair from the sides and back of the head that have been transplanted to the top and front provide sufficent enough protection against DHT to ensure hairs here will not fall out.

and

5b) If all hair from the scalp were transplanted to another area of the body, they would fall out with the same pattern as if they were on the scalp.

6) It is not possible to specifically target and block DHT on the scalp (enough to provide sufficient protection to DHT sensititive hair) WHILST not affecting DHT levels in the rest of the body. In short, if you want to lower DHT levels enough to not affect DHT sensitive hair, you can only do this to the whole body and not just on the scalp.

7) The scalp expansion theory is completely BS.

8) The scalp exercise developed by Tom Hagerty cannot help against Androgenetic Alopecia because hair growth is not affected by a restriction in blood flow to the top and front areas of the scalp.

9) A bald male suffering from Androgenetic Alopecia has a nasty fall which leaves a large cut on the top of his head, skin in that area has also been lost. As his body heals and grows new skin, it also creates new hair follicles in that area, which results in hair regrowth, thus curing his Androgenetic Alopecia for a good few years until DHT noticeably affects those hairs again.

10) Only 2% of patients using 'The Big 3' suffer obvious sexual side effects

Thanks

 

[ClayShaw]

Perhaps someone can clear some things up. Please answer true or false and give explainations if possible.

1) Generally, the more thicker and faster hair grows on the face and body, the more hair growth decreases on the scalp in baldness/DHT prone areas.

Not sure.

2) Products or treatments that claim to cure or help with Alopecia Areata will not help with Androgenetic Alopecia (Pattern Baldness)

I would guess true. Areata is an auto-immune disease, male pattern baldness is not.

3) Finasteride and Minoxidil are a short term fix, they may only aid with Androgenetic Alopecia for up to 7 years, then results will almost or completely stop.

Don't use either, don't know. finasteride works for some people for a long time, it doesn't work at all for others.

4) The reason for the horseshoe pattern in Androgenetic Alopecia is because hairs on the top and front of the scalp are more sensitive to DHT than the hairs at the sides and back.

True.

5a) Hair from the sides and back of the head that have been transplanted to the top and front provide sufficent enough protection against DHT to ensure hairs here will not fall out.

Transplanted hairs should be safe, they are not DHT sensitive. They offer no protection for non-transplanted hairs around them.

and

5b) If all hair from the scalp were transplanted to another area of the body, they would fall out with the same pattern as if they were on the scalp.

Good question. No idea.

6) It is not possible to specifically target and block DHT on the scalp (enough to provide sufficient protection to DHT sensititive hair) WHILST not affecting DHT levels in the rest of the body. In short, if you want to lower DHT levels enough to not affect DHT sensitive hair, you can only do this to the whole body and not just on the scalp.

Don't know.

7) The scalp expansion theory is completely BS.

True.

8) The scalp exercise developed by Tom Hagerty cannot help against Androgenetic Alopecia because hair growth is not affected by a restriction in blood flow to the top and front areas of the scalp.

Don't think so. Didn't try, so not sure. Would imagine its BS.

Thanks

 

[Bryan]

2) Products or treatments that claim to cure or help with Alopecia Areata will not help with Androgenetic Alopecia (Pattern Baldness)

Wrong. Minoxidil has been shown to be useful for alopecia areata.

3) Finasteride and Minoxidil are a short term fix, they may only aid with Androgenetic Alopecia for up to 7 years, then results will almost or completely stop.

Wrong. Why do you believe that? Just because of anecdotes on hairloss forums?

6) It is not possible to specifically target and block DHT on the scalp (enough to provide sufficient protection to DHT sensititive hair) WHILST not affecting DHT levels in the rest of the body. In short, if you want to lower DHT levels enough to not affect DHT sensitive hair, you can only do this to the whole body and not just on the scalp.

A questionable hypothesis, in my opinion.

 

[ClayShaw]

2) Products or treatments that claim to cure or help with Alopecia Areata will not help with Androgenetic Alopecia (Pattern Baldness)

Wrong. Minoxidil has been shown to be useful for alopecia areata.

3) Finasteride and Minoxidil are a short term fix, they may only aid with Androgenetic Alopecia for up to 7 years, then results will almost or completely stop.

Wrong. Why do you believe that? Just because of anecdotes on hairloss forums?

6) It is not possible to specifically target and block DHT on the scalp (enough to provide sufficient protection to DHT sensititive hair) WHILST not affecting DHT levels in the rest of the body. In short, if you want to lower DHT levels enough to not affect DHT sensitive hair, you can only do this to the whole body and not just on the scalp.

A questionable hypothesis, in my opinion.

My bad. Didn't know that. I guess it makes sense, since minoxidil doesn't prevent hairloss, it just grows hair, so the cause of the original hair loss is irrelevant.

 

[Guest]

I have added question 9 and 10, if anyone would like to answer that as well.

2) Products or treatments that claim to cure or help with Alopecia Areata will not help with Androgenetic Alopecia (Pattern Baldness)

Wrong. Minoxidil has been shown to be useful for alopecia areata.

I believe that Androgenetic Alopecia is a much harder form of alopecia to treat than Alopecia Areata. With this in mind, whatever will cure Androgenetic Alopecia will cure Alopecia Areata, but not the other way around.

3) Finasteride and Minoxidil are a short term fix, they may only aid with Androgenetic Alopecia for up to 7 years, then results will almost or completely stop.

Wrong. Why do you believe that? Just because of anecdotes on hairloss forums?

I don't believe that, but I don't believe it's true either. I just hear from different sources that these two FDA approved drugs only work for the short/medium term and will eventually loose effectiveness.

 

[ClayShaw]

I have added question 9 and 10, if anyone would like to answer that as well.

2) Products or treatments that claim to cure or help with Alopecia Areata will not help with Androgenetic Alopecia (Pattern Baldness)

Wrong. Minoxidil has been shown to be useful for alopecia areata.

I believe that Androgenetic Alopecia is a much harder form of alopecia to treat than Alopecia Areata. With this in mind, whatever will cure Androgenetic Alopecia will cure Alopecia Areata, but not the other way around.

3) Finasteride and Minoxidil are a short term fix, they may only aid with Androgenetic Alopecia for up to 7 years, then results will almost or completely stop.

Wrong. Why do you believe that? Just because of anecdotes on hairloss forums?

I don't believe that, but I don't believe it's true either. I just hear from different sources that these two FDA approved drugs only work for the short/medium term and will eventually loose effectiveness.

Not sure male pattern baldness is harder than areata. Maybe just areata, but when it becomes totalis/universalis, its pretty much hopeless.

 

[Bryan]

I have added question 9 if anyone would like to answer that as well.

What's the question? I see a statement, but no question.

I don't believe that, but I don't believe it's true either. I just hear from different sources that these two FDA approved drugs only work for the short/medium term and will eventually loose effectiveness.

But you're not specifying EXACTLY what you mean when you say "eventually lose effectiveness"! Topical minoxidil alone merely provides an extra offset of growth, so you'll continue to lose hair over the years. But that doesn't mean that you're not still getting that extra amount of hair above and beyond what you WOULD have had, had you never used the minoxidil in the first place.

As for finasteride, Merck's multi-year study shows that the difference in haircounts between finasteride users and placebo users continues to INCREASE as the years go by, it doesn't DECREASE. So even though your haircounts may start to slip a little after a year or two, they'd be a lot WORSE without the finasteride!

So when you ask questions about "eventually losing effectiveness", you have to be damned sure what it is you MEAN by those words. There's a big difference between merely losing a little ground in the overall quality of your hair due to advancing male pattern baldness, and having your treatments lose any effect at all, as if they were nothing but tap-water.

 

[kadosh]

1)not necessarily . look at this guy .

 

[Guest]

People my 10 questions are more like true or false statements. I am not claiming any are true, I am just asking if there is any truth in these statements as a learning process.

What's the question? I see a statement, but no question.

As I said in my original post:

Please answer true or false and give explainations if possible.

But you're not specifying EXACTLY what you mean when you say "eventually lose effectiveness"!

Again, in my original post, the question explains how long I think the effectiveness would last for. So my statement is correct then, finasteride and Mino are only a short/medium term fix and will eventually render useless after many years? Thus, all the hair that has been regrown or maintained will then fall out?

1)not necessarily . look at this guy .

Of course, there are exceptions, I am just saying in general, hairly people with high amount of hair on their bodies which grow fast and thick generally have less head hair.

 

[Bryan]

But you're not specifying EXACTLY what you mean when you say "eventually lose effectiveness"!

Again, in my original post, the question explains how long I think the effectiveness would last for. So my statement is correct then, finasteride and Mino are only a short/medium term fix and will eventually render useless after many years? Thus, all the hair that has been regrown or maintained will then fall out?

Again, how long the treatments will remain effective and how long you will maintain all your hair are two different questions. In my opinion, the treatments keep working for as long as you use them. However, that may not stop you from losing your hair.

 

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