Hmm? Are you sure about that? That the follicles aren't actually being killed? That they're still present within the scalp and may be reactivated?
Hmm...well, I've read it on different sites, including this one. Checking wikipedia, I found this in the article about male pattern baldness:
"Men with premature androgenic alopecia tend to have lower than normal values of
sex hormone-binding globulin,
follicle stimulating hormone (FSH),
testosterone, and
epitestosterone when compared to normal controls. Although follicles were previously thought permanently gone in areas of complete hair loss, they are more likely dormant, as recent studies have shown the scalp contains the
stem cell progenitors from which the follicles arose."
Oddly enough, there is a citation missing from that part, but if you search for that exact section, you find it reprinted on many different hairloss websites, including this very forum. The curious thing is that when it was posted on this forum years ago from wikipedia, it DID have a citation number after it. It seems that citation was deemed unreliable.
Then again, Histogen has been selling itself as something that can significantly regrow hair. I have seen some people also get peach fuzz/baby hairs from things like RU in places that were previously slick bald. This has also happened to good responders on dutasteride and minoxidil....just look at swisstemples' progress. If there was no hair follicles, hair couldn't grow there, peach fuzz or not. I don't think DHT actually kills the follicle, as that would mean dead tissue....it just stops its ability to produce hair, hence the miniaturization. Others here can correct me if I am somehow completely wrong, perhaps some follicles become dormant in some people and in other people they shut down forever- I don't know for sure. All I know is that I have seen people grow SOME KIND of visible hair in places where they were slick bald- like the temples.
