Indications of high DHT-levels?
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Jaygee
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pbx: Good God, you sound exactly like me. Pretty hairy chest (ugh) very hairy limbs (ugh), and a few random hairs on shoulders and back. (double ugh). I have always hated body hair (just a personal hangup), and now I have a new reason to hate it, apparently. I really hope my DHT levels are not so high that finasteride won't help. Is that basically the idea that's being tossed around?
I'm a diffuser with a Norwood 2 left temple and a Norwood 2.2 right temple.
I'm a diffuser with a Norwood 2 left temple and a Norwood 2.2 right temple.
Jaygee
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pbx: Good God, you sound exactly like me. Pretty hairy chest (ugh) very hairy limbs (ugh), and a few random hairs on shoulders and back. (double ugh). I have always hated body hair (just a personal hangup), and now I have a new reason to hate it, apparently. I really hope my DHT levels are not so high that finasteride won't help. Is that basically the idea that's being tossed around?
I'm a diffuser with a Norwood 2 left temple and a Norwood 2.2 right temple.
I'm a diffuser with a Norwood 2 left temple and a Norwood 2.2 right temple.
Trent
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based on one of GourmetStyleWellness's "new research" articles that he posted, some people lose hair for other reasons other than DHT (i.e. propecia non responders), so one might think that a hairy body means high DHT, which means DHT is probably the cause of your hairloss, which means propecia would work well for you 
i have devised a simple formula, based on my theory for chances of you going bald early.
BALD = (C + (B + 10/K) + A^3) * (2R)^2
C = # of chest hairs ; B = # of back hairs; K = the age at which you began seeing your back hair; A = arm hair on the shoulder area;
R = number of male relatives that you know of (only including grandfather, father, brothers, cousins, uncles) that have at least significant hairloss (NW4) or are thinning very early (before 25) divided by the number that aren't.
any number over 50 and you have a 68.9 percent chance of going bald before the age of 34.
Edit: if you like dudes, then divide that number by eight. you are NOT likely to go bald.
i have devised a simple formula, based on my theory for chances of you going bald early.
BALD = (C + (B + 10/K) + A^3) * (2R)^2
C = # of chest hairs ; B = # of back hairs; K = the age at which you began seeing your back hair; A = arm hair on the shoulder area;
R = number of male relatives that you know of (only including grandfather, father, brothers, cousins, uncles) that have at least significant hairloss (NW4) or are thinning very early (before 25) divided by the number that aren't.
any number over 50 and you have a 68.9 percent chance of going bald before the age of 34.
Edit: if you like dudes, then divide that number by eight. you are NOT likely to go bald.Bryan said:
No changes in hairline whatsoever. If that is NW1, I won't argue against it. :S
Jayge: I kind of share Trents opinions and theories. I think low levels of DHT may indicate another reason for the hairloss, and maybe even make a person more sensitive to side-effects, since the already low DHT-levels would be reduced even more(?). I'm not educated in this field in any way, so I shouldn't even be saying things like that.
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I seem to have gained more body hair since starting finasteride. What is that indicative of?