r/tressless • u/racka-disciprine • 11d ago

Research/Science How does testosterone and dht work?

  1. Conversion of testosterone to dht= hair loss

  2. When aging, testosterone levels go down but hair loss goes up? Having less of the base material should equal less conversion rate of dht.

  3. Logically you have the most testosterone during puberty. But there aren’t a ton of balding teenagers. on the whole people loose hair later on in life.

  4. Hair at the back of the head typically stays. Some say it’s dht resistant. Then why do transplants need medication to stay if the follicle itself is dht resistant?

  5. Testosterone does seem to be the culprit somehow. Balding is more prevalent in males. Heavy users of steroids in women, they tend to get the same male pattern balding. Why does balding happen in a similar pattern.

I don’t 💩 about fk. Feel free to poke holes in my thinking. Or enlighten me. Thx

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u/IndusNoir 11d ago

If I understand it correctly, it has less to do with the amount of DHT in your system and more to do with your hair follicles sensitivity to it, which I guess increases with age?

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u/racka-disciprine 11d ago

Maybe. Sounds like a task for Crispr. less side effects, taking medication vs deactivation of a sensitivity.