Relationship Between Fathers Hair Status And Son's Hair Status.

[Mitko1]

Thanks for posting this. I like this clarification. Its a pretty solid explanation.

Nowhere is this theory saying that dht is not a problem. Its just saying that dht comes to our "rescue" to reduce the inflammation but cant and so it hurts our follicles. Maybe the fat layer on our heads doesnt only decrease with age but maybe dht is eating away at it. When the fat cant protect the follicles anymore they are next.

Not exactly. Non balding scalps have much lower DHT levels and high aromatase activity. Aromatase convert testosterone into estradiol and estradiol prevents DHT from expressing it's androgenetic function. It just naturally reduces with age. A lot of things fall down with age.

 

[Eren]

I won't focus on this theory because it is NOT the real cause of hair loss. The problem is not sensitivity to DHT. Non balding scalps have normal levels of DHT. Only balding scalps have elevated DHT levels, mostly in the temporal regions and crown. And this DHT came as an and inflammatory response. When the inflammation is persistent and chronic it results in calcification and fibrosis and hair cannot grow. The galea of balding men is just not hair friendly. I suggest you to read the book ''Baldness a social history". Here is written that men who are bald have calcification of scull bones that blocks blood vessels. Bald men just lack that thick fat layer of skin under the scalp that helps blood supply to hair follicles. It is possible to create a baldness in a monkey by cutting slices of skin of their scalp and creating tight scalp. This fat layer this with the age and then baldness start. That's why some people who have healthy scalp with normal DHT levels when they are younger start to bald when they are older. This is normal part of aging and it happens in everyone. In some less in some more, in some sooner, in some later. But one is sure - this layer of skin is thickest at the center of the head and this area tend to bald the last if ever. I am starting to thing that the hair loss in older men stops to progress at certain point is because it is delayed due to lower DHT levels and if they start to take testosterone injection for example, they will end up completely bald. When they are younger the mechanical tension is not harming them because this fat is preserving their hair follicle, but when it thins with age the mechanical tension start very slowly damaging the scalp. And since this tension is highest at the temples and vertex, they are the first damaged. Especially the temples. They are very vulnerable. Then it is the crown and the center is the last.

The less of this of this layer you are born with, the earlier you will go bald. Why do you think that there are few Caucasian males in their 90's with full heads of hair?

I would have called BS on that but coincidentally I found this.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar...s, “In men with,and, by an unknown mechanism,

 

[Eren]

Dude... stop with the broscience.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174066/#:~:text=Kaufman says, “In men with,and, by an unknown mechanism,

I introduced a new theory in 2008.9 It does accomplish this hard task adroitly; moreover, it is in agreement with all findings in connection with Androgenetic Alopecia. The mechanism of Androgenetic Alopecia is thought to be highly complex.10 However, this theory provides a new viewpoint from which it seems to be quite simple. According to the theory, pressure on the hair follicles created by the weight of the scalp is the cause of Androgenetic Alopecia. Total weight of the skin, subcutaneous connective tissue, and galea are operative. With sandwiched fat tissue and fibrous connections between the skin and galea, all of these components of the scalp form a combined structure that sits on the cranial bones much like a separate structure movable on the cranial bones due to the intervening loose areolar tissue. Hair follicles are compressed by the skin against the calvarial bones. This theory is uniquely capable of explaining all related phenomena and paradoxes.

I still cannot believe my eyes. I am not saying I believe in this. But fact is, there seems to be a little scientific evidence for it.

 

[Gregor59]

My dad at 60 with nw2.5 very thick hair and has amazing density. Im 27 with crazy thinning, receding hairline nw2/2.5. We have same hair type but i lost genetic lotteey.