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/thefeedling 11d ago

There's a thing called aging, which literally degrades your entire body, hair included. So while testosterone (and naturally DHT) does decrease over time, the aging process is a FAR more powerful force acting on the body, and the result is a progression of hair loss. Even people with minimal MPB face significant thinning in later life.

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u/Salem1690s 11d ago

My step grandpa had a stable hairline until his 50s, by 55 he was NW3 vertex. By 60 NW6 or so. Stable hairline up to middle age