Or it just sends your follicles into telogen phase?
Do you think it's possible that, if a person is under constant stress, their hairs could miniaturize faster because they are shedding more often due to telogen effluvium? What I'm saying is that, in male pattern baldness, follicles get smaller and smaller with every hair cycle due to DHT. Could the cycle being quickened by stress (Telogen Effluvium) cause faster miniaturization this way if the person also has genetic hair loss?
I'm just confused about how stress can supposedly affect the male pattern baldness process. As far as I know cortisol and testosterone have an inverse relationship; one goes up, the other goes down. And you need testosterone to make DHT. But then according to this study (http://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/211275), men and women with androgenetic alopecia have higher levels of cortisol than those without. I find that very interesting. One might say, "Well, yeah, their cortisol is higher because they're stressed out about their hair loss." But that doesn't make any sense...I'm sure there are some guys who don't give a **** about their hair loss and would be relaxed about it. So how does cortisol contribute to hair loss? If it does, I'm assuming that producing more of it by being stressed can accelerate the male pattern baldness process. But again it's confusing, since as I said cortisol and testosterone have an inverse relationship. I'm learning that hormonal balance in the body in general is confusing.
I also know that the adrenal glands (the adrenal cortex to be precise) produce certain androgens: DHEA, DHEA-S, and androstenedione (which is the precursor to testosterone). Do you think that an excess of stress could cause the adrenal glands to secrete more androgens? I could see why it would cause them to secrete more cortisol and adrenaline, but not androgens...Does anyone know about the effects of DHEA and DHEA-S on hair?
By the way...do they even know how Telogen Effluvium works? How stress would exactly cause hairs to go into telogen phase?
Do you think it's possible that, if a person is under constant stress, their hairs could miniaturize faster because they are shedding more often due to telogen effluvium? What I'm saying is that, in male pattern baldness, follicles get smaller and smaller with every hair cycle due to DHT. Could the cycle being quickened by stress (Telogen Effluvium) cause faster miniaturization this way if the person also has genetic hair loss?
I'm just confused about how stress can supposedly affect the male pattern baldness process. As far as I know cortisol and testosterone have an inverse relationship; one goes up, the other goes down. And you need testosterone to make DHT. But then according to this study (http://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/211275), men and women with androgenetic alopecia have higher levels of cortisol than those without. I find that very interesting. One might say, "Well, yeah, their cortisol is higher because they're stressed out about their hair loss." But that doesn't make any sense...I'm sure there are some guys who don't give a **** about their hair loss and would be relaxed about it. So how does cortisol contribute to hair loss? If it does, I'm assuming that producing more of it by being stressed can accelerate the male pattern baldness process. But again it's confusing, since as I said cortisol and testosterone have an inverse relationship. I'm learning that hormonal balance in the body in general is confusing.
I also know that the adrenal glands (the adrenal cortex to be precise) produce certain androgens: DHEA, DHEA-S, and androstenedione (which is the precursor to testosterone). Do you think that an excess of stress could cause the adrenal glands to secrete more androgens? I could see why it would cause them to secrete more cortisol and adrenaline, but not androgens...Does anyone know about the effects of DHEA and DHEA-S on hair?
By the way...do they even know how Telogen Effluvium works? How stress would exactly cause hairs to go into telogen phase?