"the formation of 5alphareduced metabolites in anagen scalp hairs taken from women and nonbalding men
did not differ in any region of the head."
Regulation of Human Hair Growth by Steroid Hormones.
Also more from F. JOHN EBLING
"The question of pattern alopecia evades answer. That it is related to androgen meta-
bolism is suggested by the finding that bald skin is more capable than non-bald skin of
converting testosterone into Sa-dihydrotestosterone in vitro (Bingham & Shaw,
1973a,b)...
It is good think in biology terms, but main androgens are make in the same hair (pilosebaceous unit), blood DHT is not important for scalp hairs, please see
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20224689/
the human pilosebaceous unit can synthesize varieties of amino acid, oligopeptide...
Yes, imo it is the second step in this process, but what is it causing inflammation, chronic inflammation? I bet that oxidiced sebum is a key, also is involucrated DHT, but we must know that scalp hairs are identical in both sexes
Galea issues can play a minor effect in common baldness but it don't explain gender differences.
I'll bet $100 that if a study were done on the incidence of common alopecia and the "physical" characteristics of hair, it would show that people with denser, thicker hair—and I'm not talking about...