You ever heard of the saying correlation without causation? Yes the blood supply to the follicles gets cut off and leads to calcification and miniaturization, but the root cause itself is not poor circulation, that's a by-product of a cascade of many events. That's why things like finasteride work in the first place, because it stops the cascade at the top level. It's also why "some" people can improve their non-aggressive hair loss with intense & regular scalp massages and needling alone.But humans are not monkeys. The stuff has never been tried on people before.
Strangely, when I cup my scalp, only the top of my head is rock hard and it takes a long time for the swelling to go away. On the other hand, everything is soft on the wreath and the swelling disappears immediately.
The Androgenetic Alopecia is limited to the galea tendon only. Tendons are made of thick connective tissue and are easily prone to calcification. That is why everything that reverses this fibrosis and calcification works against Androgenetic Alopecia, such as minoxidil or finasteride, massages or botox injections.
Studies have also confirmed that Androgenetic Alopecia is a circulatory disorder (triggered by rock-hard connective tissue):
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2715645/
I am downright shocked by this ignorance. Most of the users here still seem to believe in Santa Claus.
And yes, in this case humans are like monkeys. The monkeys they tested it on actually have male pattern baldness.
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