What is the Profound Factor at Puberty?

[wookster]

Perhaps this is an important clue?

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13646651

Effects of gonadal steroid hormones on the thymus gland were microscopically examined. Thymic weight increased in all the groups after gonadectomy. Testosterone, estrogen, and estrogen + progesterone treatment decreased thymic weight after gonadectomy. Progesterone treatment also decreased weight, but there was no statistical significance. In the light microscopy, testosterone and estrogen treatment induced a loss of lymphoid elements from the thymic cortex, increased the number of phagocytic macrophages and mast cells, and enlarged blood vessels and connective tissue were observed in the thymic medulla. In the electron microscopic study it was observed that rough endoplasmic reticulum enlarged in the thymic lymphocytes. The same results were also found after estrogen + progesterone treatment. No histologically identifiable changes were observed in the thymus gland after progesterone treatment. This study demonstrated that the thymus gland undergoes involution after testosterone and estrogen treatment, but not progesterone, following gonadectomy.

 

[michael barry]

Wook,

You'd have to translate the inference of the last post for me in plain layman's terms. Its awfully complicated.



I HAVE found pictures of a female-to-male transexual. A pornstar no less from "its" own website. .... http://www.buckangel.com/main.html

As you can see this female (genitalia is still female if you look at the pics) has a bald head and some visible chest hair growth in some of the photos when the chest was not recently shaved. Note the facial ageing also............................and the muscularity.

 

[Bryan]

Perhaps this is an important clue?

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13646651

But what do you think that has to do with balding?

Bryan

 

[wookster]

Perhaps this is an important clue?

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13646651

But what do you think that has to do with balding?

Bryan

I think that I have entered into a speculative twilight zone... :freaked:

This quote is in error:
http://www.keratin.com/ac/baldnesstreat ... ents.shtml

When men are castrated before puberty they never develop pattern baldness, even when there is a history of baldness in their families and even if they are given androgen hormone injections when they are adults. Equally these men have very little or no beard growth.

 

[wookster]

Wook,

You'd have to translate the inference of the last post for me in plain layman's terms. Its awfully complicated.

Here is a forum for eunuchs; maybe they would know if prepubertal castrates go bald when given testosterone as adults?

http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14

Castration Primer:

http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=10168

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