Think we'd have less bald men in the world.. if..

[jeffsss]

Propecia and Rogaine were invented like in the 60's?

It seems to me that there are plenty of men who are just fine and dandy with their hair loss.

I've asked older men at my gym what or if they did anything about their hairloss and they all said they did nothing. now these were all older men who i chat with every day and felt comfortable talking to this about.

I asked them if they would have used medication to prevent hairloss. most said no. One guy said he'd have to see it work first. and NONE of these guys had ever even heard of propecia, they've all heard of rogaine.

so i wonder if these drugs that we take for hairloss these days would have been used if they were avaliable way back when..

guess we'll never know.

 

[YoungAndThin]

I wonder at what age did those guys start losing their hair.
I think premature balding starting in a guy's late teens to early twenties is much more common today than in the 60's.

If I was 40 and started to lose my hair I doubt I'd do anything about it either and just accept it as a sign of aging. But losing your hair when you're 19 or 20 is not acceptable for most young guys.

I doubt you'd find any guys who are that age who accept their hairloss and just move on.

 

[Radio]

MOST men who are balding are gay or have been gay in the past, now before any idiot starts a flame war I am not saying ALL men are gay, just most balding men, homosexuality was less common in the 60s, so hair loss was less common, i would think this is obvious even to the casual observer.

 

[HairlossTalk]

Jeff - no doubt. I think about this all the time.

With the advent of education via sites like this one and the existence of treatments that can at least maintain hair for well over 80% of people, you're going to start seeing a lot fewer bald guys in this world eventually.

The ones that do go bald simply are the ones who don't care about it that much, and probably look good with it anyways.

HairLossTalk.com

 

[ShedMaster]

MOST men who are balding are gay or have been gay in the past, now before any idiot starts a flame war I am not saying ALL men are gay, just most balding men, homosexuality was less common in the 60s, so hair loss was less common, i would think this is obvious even to the casual observer.

but is it possible they became gay because of the male pattern baldness medication?

 

[Radio]

The ones that do go bald simply are the ones who don't care about it that much, and probably look good with it anyways.

Go on say it, just say it.

 

[everysixseconds]

p**rn!

 

[silkeysmooth]

I don't see how men taking treatments now will eliminate the male pattern baldness gene for future generations.

The only way to do that would be for scientists to find a way to manipulate genes, or to systematically remove all people who carry the male pattern baldness gene.

 

[chewbaca]

It could be possible that it is the next step in human evolution. that thousands of years into the future, Humans will all be born bald.....

 

[Radio]

It could be possible that it is the next step in human evolution. that thousands of years into the future, Humans will all be born bald.....

Hair loss is 'outside' the influence of evolution as it predominately manifests itself after the general age of reproduction.

 

[fantasiauae]

MOST men who are balding are gay or have been gay in the past, now before any idiot starts a flame war I am not saying ALL men are gay, just most balding men, homosexuality was less common in the 60s, so hair loss was less common, i would think this is obvious even to the casual observer.

Ive always had a feeling that lots of men that go bald are gay. But is there any scientific evidence to back that?

 

[Dave001]

Propecia and Rogaine were invented like in the 60's?

I doubt there'd be much difference. Minoxidil doesn't appear to arrest the balding process much, if at all, and very few males seem fond of the idea of indefinite systemic antiandrogen therapy (which is what finasteride is, though not in the strict sense of the word), which usually limits finasteride treatment to a duration of not more than a few years -- the average length of time before a finasteride user figures out what he's ingesting.

That places the burden on topical antiandrogens, none of which have become mainstream yet. Their consequence to society is therefore negligible.

 

[Old Baldy]

Propecia and Rogaine were invented like in the 60's?

I doubt there'd be much difference. Minoxidil doesn't appear to arrest the balding process much, if at all, and very few males seem fond of the idea of indefinite systemic antiandrogen therapy (which is what finasteride is, though not in the strict sense of the word), which usually limits finasteride treatment to a duration of not more than a few years -- the average length of time before a finasteride user figures out what he's ingesting.

That places the burden on topical antiandrogens, none of which have become mainstream yet. Their consequence to society is therefore negligible.

Ouch Dave (regarding finasteride.). Did you read that European Hair Conference 2005 abstract presented by D. Whiting I posted on another site?

Dr. Whiting said there was a 23 percent less chance of contracting prostate cancer with finasteride. usage (but a 1.3 percent better chance of getting high grade, dangerous, prostate cancer).

Seems to be pretty safe? Maybe a little theraputic?

 

[Shave my poodle]

MOST men who are balding are gay or have been gay in the past, now before any idiot starts a flame war I am not saying ALL men are gay, just most balding men, homosexuality was less common in the 60s, so hair loss was less common, i would think this is obvious even to the casual observer.

Ive always had a feeling that lots of men that go bald are gay. But is there any scientific evidence to back that?

Suprisingly the evidence, from studies I'm currently wonking on, shows the opposite cause and effect.
Preliminary results have shown men WHO go bald BECOME gay. Most turning within a single day after the final hairs have fallen with ALL others going camp within the week.

 

[Radio]

I am not sure which comes first, male pattern baldness or homosexuality, but there is an increasing body of evidence to show that the two are very strongly linked, it is believed that the repression or subduing of latent homosexuality can lead a male pattern baldness.

 

[Weepy]

Ouch Dave (regarding finasteride.). Did you read that European Hair Conference 2005 abstract presented by D. Whiting I posted on another site?

Can you PM or pst this information? hwat is this confrence?