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The study I found compares Caucasians with African Americans and it concludes that there's a 2.2 times higher prevalence of prostate cancer in African Americans. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09991.x/full#t1n1) What I found interesting about this study is about...

What do you believe to be the cause of Minoxidil foam performing better than Minoxidil liquid? Is the concentration different or could it be that liquid is more easily repelled by the sebum? After all, one of the sebum's properties is to repel water because it helps the body in preserving heat.

Are you referring to internal damage or the amount of developed hair loss? As I understand it, the "damage" is measured by how much hair loss one has developed and for how long one has had this hair loss.

Of course, with my theory that a bigger prostate produces more dihydrotestosterone than a smaller one, it could also be that with castration the prostate shrinks drastically which could lead to a significant decrease in dihydrotestosterone production. If this stands true, and also that...

Alright, thank you. So, sebaceous glands are found all over our skin except from the palms on the hands and the soles of the feet. Sebaceous glands are more numerous on the face and on the scalp. I educated myself on this with the help of Wikipedia and here's an image of how sebaceous glands are...

Alright, so if that's true then Woodymartz95 could very well have experienced some hair regrowth. He mentioned that he had only been on steroids for around half a cycle. One cycle is around 2 to 4 months so that makes 1 to 2 months of steroid use.

I mostly agree. But if we consider the fact that castration halts hair loss, then withdrawing the use of anabolic steroids should atleast slow down the process because it leads to a decrease of testosterone levels, even to lower levels than before taking steroids. Whether lowering testosterone...

Why couldn't it stop? He mentions that he's been taking steroids. Once you lay off anabolic steroids, your natural testosterone should be less than it was prior to taking anabolic steroids. That's why former bodybuilders are overrepresented in undergoing testosterone replacement therapy. What...

Isn't it that the hair on the scalp merely has dihydrotestosterone receptors? Or would you argue that the pilosebaceous unit itself produces dihydrotestosterone, which in turn is responsible for hair loss?

Sure, polycystic ovary syndrome is a medical condition, but it's actually very common. This study doesn't study the prevalence of the condition but it concludes its prevalence with someone else's data which says that between 15 and 20 percent of women meet the criteria for the condition: The...

It's also interesting to note that cysts in the ovaries cause increased 5-alpha-reductase activity and increased androgen levels which can lead to hairloss in women. The ovaries are homologous to the male's testes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_related_male_and_female_reproductive_organs)

The prostate isn't the only organ with the 5-alpha-reductase enzyme. Also, women have other organs, which men don't have, that have this enzyme, such as the womb and the ovaries. According to a study, women who develop cysts in their ovaries (polycystic ovary syndrome) experience a 4-fold...

If poor androgen sensitivity was a hereditary condition, why don't these men develop male pattern baldness in their teens when the testosterone levels are at their peak in life? If it indeed is a hereditary condition, would the explanation just be that it settles in randomly at different ages...

Do you know if there has been any study on male pattern baldness and the amount of dihydrotestosterone produced in the body? Anyways, I have a theory of that the prostate plays a big role in male pattern baldness. The prostate is an organ that produces 5-alpha-reductase and it also varies...

Thanks for a thorough explanation. You mention that the androgen sensitivity varies between people. Do you know if the cause for this sensitivity is known, or is it just a conclusion drawn from the fact that different people develop male pattern baldness at a different rate? Also, is the cause...