Since DHT is a big causer of body hair growth could it be assumed that men with little to no body hair have lower DHT levels, but can still experience male pattern baldness due to higher 5-alpha reductase sensitivity?
Is there any evidence to suggest that propecia would be less effective on these types of men with little body hair?
The reason I ask this is because I myself have been experiencing recession at age 25, yet I can grow very little facial hair and absolutely no chest or back hair. My brother who is about 28 is a similar body type, but with heavy diffuse thinning and little body hair. I've started generic finasteride 2 months ago and have had absolutely no reduction in libido or any other side effects so it's hard to gauge if my male pattern baldness could be the result of high levels of testosterone (or higher DHT sensitivity) and not because of high DHT. I haven't seen much talk on this topic specifically or any success stories about guys with this combo of male pattern baldness (unless I've missed any?)
Is there any evidence to suggest that propecia would be less effective on these types of men with little body hair?
The reason I ask this is because I myself have been experiencing recession at age 25, yet I can grow very little facial hair and absolutely no chest or back hair. My brother who is about 28 is a similar body type, but with heavy diffuse thinning and little body hair. I've started generic finasteride 2 months ago and have had absolutely no reduction in libido or any other side effects so it's hard to gauge if my male pattern baldness could be the result of high levels of testosterone (or higher DHT sensitivity) and not because of high DHT. I haven't seen much talk on this topic specifically or any success stories about guys with this combo of male pattern baldness (unless I've missed any?)