does sebum plug pores with DHT, or is at the root

salazam

Established Member
Reaction score
0
Explanation One

Natural hair loss in a man, or male pattern baldness, as it is normally called is basically due to male hormones, (collectively known as Androgens). The most relevant of these hormones with regards to hair loss is called testosterone. In the case of a man who has inherited the necessary genes for hair loss, a little of this testosterone is formed by some of the hair roots into a derivative called Dihydrotestosterone. It is Dihydrotestosterone that is actually responsible for hair loss.

When anyone washes their hair there are always a few hairs left in the basin afterwards. This does not necessarily mean that the person is thinning. All that is happening is that some of the hair roots are shedding their old hairs and, in time, these will be replaced. The new hairs are as strong as the previous hairs were. The small white bobble on the end of the hair is not the hair root, it is in fact, formed from degenerated cells from within the hair root and is called the club. If it were possible for a hair to be pulled from the scalp bringing a hair root with it then the scalp would actually bleed.

If dihydrotestosterone has been produced it will be present in the surface sebum (grease) which is secreted by everyone from the sebum glands present through their skin tissue. Under these circumstances, when a hair is shed the dihydrotestosterone will enter the follicle (the hole in the scalp from which the hair has come) and inside there it reacts chemically. What it actually does is to miniaturise the hair root and follicle. This means that the new hair growing through will be finer. When this new fine hair is later shed the Dihydrotestosterone again miniaturises the follicle and hair root even further and hence the next hair will be finer still. This process will continue until the hair is so fine that it may as well not be there at all and if this happens over an area, then the man will obviously thin over that area and hence baldness occurs.

You can usually tell when a person is thinning on the front hair line by feeling the thickness of the hair and comparing it with the hair at the back of the head. It takes a bit of skill but eventually you should be able to tell just by touch when the hair is starting to thin.


Hairlosstalk says In order to stop hair loss in any way, you must be able to in some fashion alter the processes identified above, or usurp them by stimulating growth *despite* the effects of DHT. Treatments claiming to "wash" dirt out, increase circulation, or reduce sebum are quite simply, hogwash.
however i have read many discussion boards saying that sebum has DHT.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
G

Guest

Guest
Did not read the post was a tad long and I am tired, but I will answer the question that was asked in your topic. DHT is internal, which means that it lives inside your body, Sebum is more external in that it is located in and on the outer layers of your skin. Just go to this site if you want to know more about sebum. http://www.dermnetnz.org/index.html
 

salazam

Established Member
Reaction score
0
can anyone answer this. From what I read yes. So wash your hair when you sweat. Or am I wrong.
 

bombscience

Senior Member
Reaction score
7
Here is the quick and simple.

Keeping a healthy scalp and reducing DHT are both important factors in fighting hairloss.

DHT is a chemical/hormone invisible to the human eye. It is found in your body.

Sebum is a nasty waxy buildup on your scalp or clogging your pores. It impedes but does not stop hair from growing.

DHT is a cause for why your hair follicles will stop growing hair.

A build up of sebum will lead to an unhealthy scalp and accelerate hairloss.

So by eliminating sebum and keeping an healthy scalp, will you stop hair loss? No, you might slow it down, but eventually DHT and other causes will get the best of you.
 
G

Guest

Guest
I disagree that DHT will always win. I don't know about everyone else but I could care less about keeping my hair until the day I die, I just want to keep it until I'm in my 40's or late 30's. All someone would have to do is keep upping their dose of Finasteride every other year or when their results start waning to keep ahead of the curve. If I kept my hair until then I would concider that a victory over DHT.
 
Top