easily calling it "shedding"

[Guest]

There is NO distinction between 'shedding' and 'loosing hair from male pattern baldness'. Both involve shedding.

Here is how it works.. lets consider 2 people. Person A has 100 hairs, and has male pattern baldness.

Person Z has 100 hairs, but does not have male pattern baldness.

Both people go through a shed, and both lose 10 hairs from shedding. Now, BOTH of them have 90 hairs.

Person A, who has male pattern baldness, will regrow those 10 hairs, but they will grow in a bit smaller and a bit more thin than the previous hairs.

Person Z, who does not have male pattern baldness, will also regrow the 10 hairs.. but these hairs will be the same size and thickness of the shed hairs.

Over several shed cycles, and yes, both male pattern baldness and non male pattern baldness people shed and shed at the SAME RATE, the male pattern baldness person's hairs will gradually get smaller and more thin, to the point where they become almost invisible 'vellous hairs'.

So, trying to determine if you have male pattern baldness by looking at how many hairs you have shed is meaningless. The rate and number of shed hairs will tell you nothing about whether you have male pattern baldness or not because looking at a shed hair will not tell you how big the replacement hair is going to be.

EGGZACLYYYY!!!

This is what Ive been trying to say the whole time.

Add this to both persons - AGEING. both persons will grow older and with age comes that tear aswell. So male pattern baldness + age for one and only age for the other. Which means if you take away the male pattern baldness you will still have the ageing issue - which I hear Dr Lee is adressing aswell.

Peace.

 

[Brasileirao]

Duh, didn't catch that.

I do the same sh*t all the time! I didnt mean to be a dick and call you on it. Great article!

Tony

 

[jimmystanley]

gardner.... you should have said: A, with out male pattern baldness, loose 1 hair a day.... whereas B, with male pattern baldness, looses 1 hair every time he runs his hands through his hair.


.....point being.......


u guys never get the point that mpber loose waaaay more hair a day, even in 150 to 200 is normal. some guys see that just in the shower.

 

[The Gardener]

That is not true, Mr Stanley, I don't think you are understanding 'the point'.

Someone without male pattern baldness can average 250 hairs lost daily.. every day.. for their entire lives! And, someone WITH male pattern baldness could lose an average of just 60 hairs a day.

The difference is that even though the male pattern baldness person is losing less hair, his hairs that regrow in their place are smaller and thinner.

The non-male pattern baldness person can lose tons of hair each day.. he can shed like a rug!.. but the hairs that replace the shed hairs come in at the same size as the ones lost.

How many hairs you lose in comparison to some 'average acceptable daily hair shed' count is a ridiculous way to determine how well you are doing vis-a-vis male pattern baldness.