hair loss/thining
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Originally Posted by THEOLDMAN,May 4 2008, 08:34 PM
What's wrong with losing your hair? Just learn to deal with it. I'd say it's a perceived problem that isn't going away but it is.
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Originally Posted by emrillive,May 3 2008, 11:32 PM
hey guys i am starting to get thining, and i just dont have the amount of hair i used to. I used to have so much hair, but now im getting concerned and worried.
Cause at this rate i will be bald by 40. I was looking up some stuff about men hair loss and it seems like to get to the root of the problem you need to use dht inhibitors and in conjunction use a growth stimulant like rogaine.
i was just wondering for guy in the mid to late twenties that have this issue, if you tried rogaine and if you actually saw a noticeable difference?
i need to do something now cause i dont want to wait any longer.
thanks.
Cause at this rate i will be bald by 40. I was looking up some stuff about men hair loss and it seems like to get to the root of the problem you need to use dht inhibitors and in conjunction use a growth stimulant like rogaine.
i was just wondering for guy in the mid to late twenties that have this issue, if you tried rogaine and if you actually saw a noticeable difference?
i need to do something now cause i dont want to wait any longer.
thanks.
Rogained and Propecia are like band-aids, temporary solutions for some people to retard the loss or even grow some minor hair back, but they are far from being a permanent solution. They have side effects too.
The only current permanent solution is hair transplant. They take the hair follicles from the back and implant them to the bald areas. It costs tens of thousands of bucks for most people.
I still don't understand why Mother Nature would make some men bald (genetically programmed since birth) while others would have a full head of hair. What is the purpose of losing hair in the front and on top?
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Originally Posted by Heysus,May 5 2008, 12:50 AM
I still don't understand why Mother Nature would make some men bald (genetically programmed since birth) while others would have a full head of hair. What is the purpose of losing hair in the front and on top?
Originally Posted by wikipedia
Evolutionary theories of male pattern baldness
There is no consensus regarding the details of the evolution of male pattern baldness. A number of other primate species also experience hair loss following puberty, and some primate species clearly use an enlarged forehead, created both anatomically and through strategies such as frontal balding, to convey increased status and maturity. The assertion that MPB is intended to convey a social message is supported by the fact that the distribution of androgen receptors in the scalp differs between men and women, and older women or women with high androgen levels often exhibit diffuse thinning of hair as opposed to male pattern baldness.
One theory, advanced by Muscarella and Cunningham[5], suggests baldness evolved in males through sexual selection as an enhanced signal of aging and social maturity, whereby aggression and risk-taking decrease and nurturing behaviours increase. This may have conveyed a male with enhanced social status but reduced physical threat, which could enhance ability to secure reproductive partners and raise offspring to adulthood.
In a study by Muscarella and Cunnhingham [5], males and females viewed 6 male models with different levels of facial hair (beard and moustache or clean) and cranial hair (full head of hair, receding and bald). Participants rated each combination on 32 adjectives related to social perceptions. Males with facial hair and those with bald or receding hair were rated as being older than those who were clean-shaven or had a full head of hair. Beards and a full head of hair were seen as being more aggressive and less socially mature, and baldness was associated with more social maturity.
[edit] Non-human baldness
Baldness is not only a human trait. Some other primates, such as chimpanzees, stump-tailed macaques, and South American nakari show progressive thinning of the hair on the scalp after adolescence. Adult stump-tailed macaques, in fact, are commonly used in laboratories for the testing of hair-regrowth treatments.
The different predecessors of Old World and New World vultures convergently evolved a bald head, preventing feathers from retaining material from the vulture's diet of rotting meat, as well as helping in heat regulation.[6]
There is no consensus regarding the details of the evolution of male pattern baldness. A number of other primate species also experience hair loss following puberty, and some primate species clearly use an enlarged forehead, created both anatomically and through strategies such as frontal balding, to convey increased status and maturity. The assertion that MPB is intended to convey a social message is supported by the fact that the distribution of androgen receptors in the scalp differs between men and women, and older women or women with high androgen levels often exhibit diffuse thinning of hair as opposed to male pattern baldness.
One theory, advanced by Muscarella and Cunningham[5], suggests baldness evolved in males through sexual selection as an enhanced signal of aging and social maturity, whereby aggression and risk-taking decrease and nurturing behaviours increase. This may have conveyed a male with enhanced social status but reduced physical threat, which could enhance ability to secure reproductive partners and raise offspring to adulthood.
In a study by Muscarella and Cunnhingham [5], males and females viewed 6 male models with different levels of facial hair (beard and moustache or clean) and cranial hair (full head of hair, receding and bald). Participants rated each combination on 32 adjectives related to social perceptions. Males with facial hair and those with bald or receding hair were rated as being older than those who were clean-shaven or had a full head of hair. Beards and a full head of hair were seen as being more aggressive and less socially mature, and baldness was associated with more social maturity.
[edit] Non-human baldness
Baldness is not only a human trait. Some other primates, such as chimpanzees, stump-tailed macaques, and South American nakari show progressive thinning of the hair on the scalp after adolescence. Adult stump-tailed macaques, in fact, are commonly used in laboratories for the testing of hair-regrowth treatments.
The different predecessors of Old World and New World vultures convergently evolved a bald head, preventing feathers from retaining material from the vulture's diet of rotting meat, as well as helping in heat regulation.[6]
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Originally Posted by PrimoGen,May 5 2008, 04:35 AM
buzz cutt (3mm or number 1 blade guard) and move on. I did this 2 years ago and I am thankful.
dont be "that" guy that holds on too long
just get it over with and feel good about yourself
dont be "that" guy that holds on too long
just get it over with and feel good about yourself
I'm 29 and I really don't have much left up top. Doesn't bother me a bit. Buzz it, no guard, and move on. The top CEOs in the US were interviewed about which they thought was worse... baldness, or being short. They overwhelmingly said, being short.
Apparently baldness shows a certain level of sophistication, whereas being short commands less respect... something like 30% or more of CEOs are over 6'2", when less than 15% of the general population is the same height.