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    "With hair loss on the rise, Asia’s men grapple with what it means to be bald" (Androgenetic?:)

    With hair loss on the rise, Asia’s men grapple with what it means to be bald https://www.cnn.com/style/article/asia-men-hair-loss-bald-scn-wellness/index.html
    • Clyde
    • Thread
    • alopecia androgenetic androgenic asian bald china genetic hair hairline hairloss
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Diet
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    Aging Of A 53 YO Male After 25yrs of Dutasteride 35yrs Oral Steroids + No Testosterone Or DHT

    On top of suppressing his natural testosterone production to nothing until age 51 by taking oral steroids, he suppressed his dht to about zero by taking a full dose of dutasteride. He added 125mg of testosterone at age 51 and used to take aromatase inhibitors when he was taking growth hormone...
  3. haidut

    Oral vitamin D3 may treat steroid-driven hair loss

    A very interesting study, which demonstrates that a relatively low (5,000 IU) oral daily dose of vitamin D3 for 6 months, may be able to treat gender-specific (driven by steroids) hair loss. Now, the study participants were all female, with female-pattern hair loss (FPHL), however the findings...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • alopecia androgenic alopecia baldness cholecalciferol fphl hair loss vitamin d vitamin d3
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
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    Topicals on Arteries to Maximize Follicle Exposure

    These questions are partially related to my ongoing experiment of applying DHEA and Progesterone to my scalp for hair regrowth. I have an idea about the location of topicals, and I wanted to get some thoughts on it because I am not the most knowledgeable person when it comes to human anatomy...
    • Gungnir
    • Thread
    • alopecia arteries dhea follicles hair growth hair regrowth progesterone topicals
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Hair & Nails
  5. haidut

    Topical DHT therapy promotes hair growth

    Despite mentioning it in another post on testosterone (T) treatment for hair loss, I thought that this study deserves its own post, just because its findings are so contradictory to the perennial dogma of "androgenic alopecia" - i.e. that androgens, and especially DHT, cause the male-pattern...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • alopecia androgen androgenic alopecia balding baldness dht hair loss
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  6. haidut

    Topical T3 Dramatically Stimulates Hair Growth

    I am posting this just a quick follow up and possible enhancement over the approach discussed in my previous post on estrogen causing hair loss. The study below demonstrated that applying daily the HED of a few mcg of T3 per square inch of skin increased hair length by several thousand percent...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • alopecia bald balding hair t3 thyroid topical triiodothyronine
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  7. Entropy

    DHEA And Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia: Molecular And Physiopathological Mechanisms

    ABSTRACT The transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGFβ1) promotes fibrosis, differentiating epithelial cells and quiescent fibroblasts into myofibroblasts and increasing expression of extracellular matrix. Recent investigations have shown that PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor*) is...
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    Importance Of HNF4-alpha In Liver Health (and Possibly Androgenic Alopecia)

    Hepatic hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α is essential for maintaining triglyceride and cholesterol homeostasis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21071704 "reduced hepatic Hnf4α expression and resulted in striking phenotypes, including the development of fatty liver and a >80% decrease in plasma...
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