Does the team of scientists have theories on this one?

[elguapo]

What I don't get is how some hair follicles can be taken out by DHT, yet their neighbors aren't affected.

This holds especially true for diffuse thinners such as myself. On my widows peak I have rows of hairs, like they've been planted in the little garden that is my scalp. How can some of those bad boys be so snug in my scalp that I can tug on them and they won't come out, yet others just plain fell out? Granted, I didn't try pulling on them until after propecia halted my loss a great deal, so they might have had time to plan their roots deeper and stronger.

What we need to do is form some sort of Fight Club group, rob banks to fund our cause, kidnap ALL of the brilliant scientists out there and make them find a cure to this sh*t pronto!!!

 

[The Gardener]

Let me try to think of an appropriate analogy here to explain this...

In effect, the follicles in the thinning/balding area are genetically programmed to be sensitive to DHT. Some hairs have this programming, some hairs don't, and the programming of the hairs is time-sensitive. That is to say, the older you get the more hairs are probably going to start developing this sensitivity.

It is very similar to your body hair, but in reverse. When you are born, you have a chest a smooth as a baby's bottom. However, for those genetically inclined to grow chest hair during puberty, the hormones related to puberty start to have an effect on the chest follicles. You start off with just a little patch, but with time, more and more hairs start to grow. This is because even though ALL of the chest hairs are programmed to grow thick chest hair, they don't all turn on at once.

Does this help?