triton2 said:
In order to understand this better, you might imagine the floor of a field, with its ups and downs, representing your fundamental balding process, which might remain the same (flatness), might go worse (downhill --> hairloss) or might improve (hair-regrowth --> uphill).
That's a nice analogy, Triton, but I think this is an even better one:
Imagine a fellow with severe osteoporosis, slowly losing height as the years go back. He decides to fight that slow loss by putting 1-inch lifts in his shoes to give himself an "offset" of extra height. That works fine, but it doesn't address the fundamental
cause of his problem, which is the osteoporosis. As a result, he still continues to slowly lose height. After a couple of years or so, his condition has advanced enough to where he's shorter than he was at the start, even with the 1-inch lifts still in his shoes.
At this point he starts to get smart, and realizes that the lifts are only a temporary crutch. He starts taking calcium and magnesium supplements, vitamins C and D, and numerous other vitamins and minerals. He starts an excellent program of weight-bearing exercise, stops smoking and drinking, etc. After a while he notices that he's no longer losing height! He has addressed the fundamental
cause of his problem. However, he continues using the lifts in his shoes, because he's grateful for that extra inch of height that he gets from them! :wink:
Bryan