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Hello folks,
I would like to introduce myself, give my story, my theories about hair loss, the approach I have planned and what I have tried so far and replies and advice are all greatly appriciated.
Ok, starting off I am 22 years old. I have begun to notice a bit of a thumb print around my crown, and while my hair line has receded a bit, the hair on top of my head is now becoming thin, if a light is shining I can see my scalp after getting out of the shower now. I had a very soul destroying break up earlier this year and it was actually the day after that I noticed the thinning around my crown.
Firstly, I would like to say that I strongly, strongly believe that my hair loss has been related to my lifestyle and while probably not too many studies agree with this, I have had advice from a PHD scholar who believes stress is related to male pattern hair loss. The reason being that when a person is stressed they produce far, far more of the hormone cortisol; cortisol usually ends up being converted into estrogen which the body will then produce the male hormone DHT to attack (DHT obviously being the culprit in hair loss as you all will know). He strongly advised me to avoid too much estrogen intake within food because he claims that the body will always produce excess DHT to counter act it.
Secondly, I strongly believe that years of high intensity muscle training has had an impact. At the age of 15 or 16 I started to training with weights obsessively almost and at around 18 I began boxing, often training 2 to 3 times a day which often involved heavy circuit training. It has been proven with studies that heavy weight training can increase testosterone by 25%, now I don't care what anybody says if you are producing 25% more testosterone there is a high, high chance you will also be producing more DHT. To put this into perspective for you my weight floats around between 238lbs and 245lbs. My brother who hasn't shown any signs of hair loss weighs around 190lbs to 200 lbs. He has shown no signs of hair loss and has had a far less stressful time than me the past few years.
In my extended family, which is very large, I only know of one cousin who has gone bald and he like me is a very verile and muscular man, we're the two muscliest men in the family, and he lost his hair completely round the age of 31 or 32.
I honestly believe that increased cortisol production due to a stressful life, and increased DHT caused by years of an intense testosterone increasing workout reigme has caused the hair loss I have expierienced. I now plan to counter act this with an improved diet, taking some time away from boxing, and putting more time into doing things I enjoy. I am also going to give yoga and meditation a go, why not?
I am unwilling to use finasteride as the potential side affects of it are sickening and I do believe from research can be permenant, I am also not going to waste my time using minoxidil because that is just plastering the cracks and I don't want the shock of possibly taking it for 7 years coming off it and losing all of my hair. I may try it at 30 if I still have hair and it is a last resort to keep it for a few years.
If anyone has any more advice or input thanks again.
I would like to introduce myself, give my story, my theories about hair loss, the approach I have planned and what I have tried so far and replies and advice are all greatly appriciated.
Ok, starting off I am 22 years old. I have begun to notice a bit of a thumb print around my crown, and while my hair line has receded a bit, the hair on top of my head is now becoming thin, if a light is shining I can see my scalp after getting out of the shower now. I had a very soul destroying break up earlier this year and it was actually the day after that I noticed the thinning around my crown.
Firstly, I would like to say that I strongly, strongly believe that my hair loss has been related to my lifestyle and while probably not too many studies agree with this, I have had advice from a PHD scholar who believes stress is related to male pattern hair loss. The reason being that when a person is stressed they produce far, far more of the hormone cortisol; cortisol usually ends up being converted into estrogen which the body will then produce the male hormone DHT to attack (DHT obviously being the culprit in hair loss as you all will know). He strongly advised me to avoid too much estrogen intake within food because he claims that the body will always produce excess DHT to counter act it.
Secondly, I strongly believe that years of high intensity muscle training has had an impact. At the age of 15 or 16 I started to training with weights obsessively almost and at around 18 I began boxing, often training 2 to 3 times a day which often involved heavy circuit training. It has been proven with studies that heavy weight training can increase testosterone by 25%, now I don't care what anybody says if you are producing 25% more testosterone there is a high, high chance you will also be producing more DHT. To put this into perspective for you my weight floats around between 238lbs and 245lbs. My brother who hasn't shown any signs of hair loss weighs around 190lbs to 200 lbs. He has shown no signs of hair loss and has had a far less stressful time than me the past few years.
In my extended family, which is very large, I only know of one cousin who has gone bald and he like me is a very verile and muscular man, we're the two muscliest men in the family, and he lost his hair completely round the age of 31 or 32.
I honestly believe that increased cortisol production due to a stressful life, and increased DHT caused by years of an intense testosterone increasing workout reigme has caused the hair loss I have expierienced. I now plan to counter act this with an improved diet, taking some time away from boxing, and putting more time into doing things I enjoy. I am also going to give yoga and meditation a go, why not?
I am unwilling to use finasteride as the potential side affects of it are sickening and I do believe from research can be permenant, I am also not going to waste my time using minoxidil because that is just plastering the cracks and I don't want the shock of possibly taking it for 7 years coming off it and losing all of my hair. I may try it at 30 if I still have hair and it is a last resort to keep it for a few years.
If anyone has any more advice or input thanks again.
