Does a high sebum production in the scalp increase male pattern baldness?

[cyberprimate]

or is it irrelevant?

 

[Mad Woes]

or is it irrelevant?

It probably contributes to hair loss. It can clog up follicles and what not. I had some sebum problems that cleared up nicely with T/Sal and nizoral...

MW

 

[bombscience]

Tsal.

 

[fred]

I heard sebum is a massive DHT conductor.

Personnaly I feel my hair much more threatened when my hair is greasy, just before I wash my hair.

 

[NilesTilden]

before i started finasteride, 5 or so years ago, my hairs that fell out would have hardened sebum stuck on the roots [BARF]. i noticed that stopped several moths into treatment. nice clean bulbs since then.

 

[Mad Woes]

before i started finasteride, 5 or so years ago, my hairs that fell out would have hardened sebum stuck on the roots [BARF]. i noticed that stopped several moths into treatment. nice clean bulbs since then.

I had exactly the same problem. Funny thing is I went to a dermatoligist about this and he was no help at all. I am also on finasteride so that probably helped my sebum problem too?? Hard to say. I do know that nizoral has been shown to decrease the size of sebum glands in the scalp so that is why I thought it was helping the most...

MW

 

[Thinning]

Ive read that sufferers of male pattern baldness have much higher scalp sebum but this does not prove that the sebum causes male pattern baldness since the anti-sebum shampoos do not seem to regrow much hair. They leave my scalp in much better shape so I use them, and this in turn I think makes the hair I have left healthier.

 

[Guest]

before i started finasteride, 5 or so years ago, my hairs that fell out would have hardened sebum stuck on the roots [BARF]. i noticed that stopped several moths into treatment. nice clean bulbs since then.

I had exactly the same problem. Funny thing is I went to a dermatoligist about this and he was no help at all. I am also on finasteride so that probably helped my sebum problem too?? Hard to say. I do know that nizoral has been shown to decrease the size of sebum glands in the scalp so that is why I thought it was helping the most...

MW

Way back, when I started to lose my hair, I had this exact issue. Cleaned it up with tgel quickly!

 

[gt1229]

Does anyone know if Nioxin is an effective remedy for the sebum problem?

 

[Guest]

Does anyone know if Nioxin is an effective remedy for the sebum problem?

What ingredient makes you think it might be effective for this??

:lol:

 

[gt1229]

Does anyone know if Nioxin is an effective remedy for the sebum problem?

What ingredient makes you think it might be effective for this??

:lol:

Dunno, other than the fact that it's perhaps the most expensive shampoo i've used for my hair. it's got to accomplish something at $30 per bottle. :hairy:

 

[Guest]

It produces a nice cosmetic effect. As far as I can tell, that is all.

:lol: