DHT and Hair Growth?

[wookster]

DHT causes beard and body hair to grow but it causes scalp hair to fall out in certain people.

The skin where the beard grows is much looser than the skin on the hair bearing regions of scalp. Waste products that might cause pro-oxidant damage to the dermal layers and hair follicles are flushed away by lymphatic, circulatory, and other means. The top of the scalp where hairloss occurs has no muscle movement to speak of - and flushing away oxidant/androgenic byproducts is more difficult there.

Where there is a high density of hair growth the skin has a slightly greyish color. Some people even have this greyish shadow on their face, where the beard growth is exceptionally thick on the 5oclock shadow regions.

Excessive buildup of DHT and other chemicals in the scalp must be associated with the production of free radicals, which causes an immune response and the dreaded baldness... The byproducts of DHT buildup must cause the immune attack? :freaked: :freaked: :freaked:
A suppressed immune system, e.g. cyclosporine, etc. often causes hair regrowth though.

Returning the scalp skin to its more youthful elastic condition with the restoration of the fat layer and health of the hypodermis, might help to initiate hair regrowth and increase hair density.

 

[Rage]

umm... folligen?

(sorry, I don't know what you're on about :shock

 

[MPBWarrior]

wookiewannabe,

you post just shows how effective the scalp exercises (which i highly advertise!) can be! they help in all those things you've just said about the scalp!!

 

[Phillip]

wookiewannabe,

you post just shows how effective the scalp exercises (which i highly advertise!) can be! they help in all those things you've just said about the scalp!!

Yes, i also use toms method.

I think we are the only people who do.

I don't do it consistently though but try to do it now and then. Usually atleast a few mintues a day or when i am bored.

I also try it when inverted (upside down) and it really feels great.

 

[MPBWarrior]

Phillip,

good to finally see someone who does the scalp exercises!! i have been doing them for 2 months and my hair and my skin look sooo much better! in fact, my mom, who i see every month or so (since i am at college away from home) mentioned about it yesterday! i HIGHLY recommend everyone to at least have a look at his website. this is a powerful ally to fight male pattern baldness and wookie's post is a perfect example of why!!

 

[Guy Legend]

Ok, so how does one "excercise" the scalp..... :hairy:

 

[Hipshaker]

One finds out by paying $25 apparently.

Never quite got why someone who paid for the info, didn't just post it afterwards.

 

[michael barry]

Wrinkle your forehead, relax.......................now pull back your ears.



Think of it as moving your ears forward as far as they will go, then momentarily relaxing, then pulling back as far as they will go. It will move the scalp backwards and forewards by contracting the occipitallis and frontiallis muscles on the head (which is angiogenic, meaning it builds capillaries). It will "rush" blood to the scalp. Its done for about five minutes in the morn and five at night. It, as all excercise, decreases inflammation also. Helps you hold onto the hair you have

 

[Felk]

Wrinkle your forehead, relax.......................now pull back your ears.



Think of it as moving your ears forward as far as they will go, then momentarily relaxing, then pulling back as far as they will go. It will move the scalp backwards and forewards by contracting the occipitallis and frontiallis muscles on the head (which is angiogenic, meaning it builds capillaries). It will "rush" blood to the scalp. Its done for about five minutes in the morn and five at night. It, as all excercise, decreases inflammation also. Helps you hold onto the hair you have

Sounds like it would give you large forehead wrinkles, doing that for five minutes every morning!

 

[docj077]

Your skin and free radicals have nothing to do with the effects of DHT. DHT causes the release of transforming growth factor in the hair follicles of the scalp. This substance directly inhibits proliferation of any cells that it touches. DHT works different in the face, because it causes the release of Insulin-like growth factor. This substance actually causes hair to grow.

Scalp exercises that "increase blood going to the scalp" will remove free radicals and unbound DHT, but they will not reverse hairloss unless you already have some sort of autoimmune disorder like scleroderma that has somehow manifested itself on your scalp. Once testosterone is converted to DHT and causes the release of TGF-Beta, you are doomed to watch your hair follicles atrophy. Only removal of DHT helps and that starts by inhibiting its formation, its binding, or the steps that occur once it binds.

 

[wookster]

Your skin and free radicals have nothing to do with the effects of DHT. DHT causes the release of transforming growth factor in the hair follicles of the scalp. This substance directly inhibits proliferation of any cells that it touches. DHT works different in the face, because it causes the release of Insulin-like growth factor. This substance actually causes hair to grow.

Scalp exercises that "increase blood going to the scalp" will remove free radicals and unbound DHT, but they will not reverse hairloss unless you already have some sort of autoimmune disorder like scleroderma that has somehow manifested itself on your scalp. Once testosterone is converted to DHT and causes the release of TGF-Beta, you are doomed to watch your hair follicles atrophy. Only removal of DHT helps and that starts by inhibiting its formation, its binding, or the steps that occur once it binds.

Too bad that 5AR/DHT inhibitors are not a universal cure for baldness. :freaked: :freaked: :freaked: