Just Wanted To Share A Little Observation Of My Scalp Under Microscope

[faisal161]

First of all sorry it feels that i am posting it in a wrong section of forum, i couldn't think of where to post it . I just took some pics of my scalp using my digital microscope , just 10 minutes after the shower. What i wanted to share is the observation of sebum , there are 3 pics each of a different region of my scalp, ... temple , vertex and back of head. You can see the sebum coming out of the miniaturizing hair of the temple region( its only 10 minutes after the shower!! , and with a good and thorough cleansing of scalp ) , the vertex hair has comparatively less sebum but there is dandruff there ( it itches very often ) the hair on vertex is also thicker( not miniaturized yet !) , the back the head has the thickest hair , there is no sebum or dandruff......
So is this the sebum which is choking our hair to death ? i know you people have great knowledge about this topic, and i am not here to prove anything, just wanted to share these observations...
BTW my regimen is:
1) 1mg finasteride (taking since 4 months now) ,
2) wash my scalp only 2 times a week, first apply sulphur soap and leave it for 5 minutes, then followed by a regular shampoo
3) a multivitamin
There is one more thing that i started doing just a week ago, before taking shower i apply betamethasone valerate lotion on my scalp and leave it for 30 minutes , it helped me with the itching and dryness this week , and i have read that it also helps the hair to grow, any reply in this regards will be apreciated . thanks ...
Note: sorry for my bad English language skills

 

[Rocknroutlaw]

Thanks for sharing your observations.
I also felt that the level of sebum and crown (where I was seriously thinning and itching) in the temples region was much higher. Since I started on Finasteride, the itch stopped and scalp started to feel more healthy and less oily generally.
I have no in-depth understanding on any of this, but due to my personal experience I tend to freak out over oily scalp and itching as signs of further miniaturization. I guess I'm committing to Finasteride for life!

 

[faisal161]

it has been 4 months for me since i started using finasteride, and it some how increased the dandruff and itch on my scalp....dont know why

 

[bluecyclone]

How did you pull that off technically?

 

[Calchas]

@faisal161 Nice job mate!
Did you notice that the scapl at the occipital(back)region is semi-transluscent white,
while the vertex is slightly more red and the temples are even more red?
Some attribute that to inflammation but for me it's just increased bloodflow.
Sebaceous glands are exocrine glands,which means that sebaceous cells burst and secrete their content in a holocrine manner.
But that's just a result of male pattern baldness and not the cause.

For me male pattern baldness is in scientific terms ''epicranial fasciosis''
If i had 10K to spare,i would buy a fluorescence microscope and a FUE tool and i would start experimenting on my own.

 

[faisal161]

How did you pull that off technically?

can you please elaborate your question

@faisal161 Nice job mate!
Did you notice that the scapl at the occipital(back)region is semi-transluscent white,
while the vertex is slightly more red and the temples are even more red?
Some attribute that to inflammation but for me it's just increased bloodflow.
Sebaceous glands are exocrine glands,which means that sebaceous cells burst and secrete their content in a holocrine manner.
But that's just a result of male pattern baldness and not the cause.

For me male pattern baldness is in scientific terms ''epicranial fasciosis''
If i had 10K to spare,i would buy a fluorescence microscope and a FUE tool and i would start experimenting on my own.

Thanks ... good observation about color of the scalp, i was thinking that the back of the head is more translucent because it is less exposed to sunlight due to more coverage of hair , hence less pigmentation (melanin) ... but i think you may be right about blood flow to be the real reason. ..... Shouldn't an increase in blood flow result in healthier hair,..or this increase in blood flow exposing the follicles in this region to more DHT(or PGDs) resulting in miniaturization?... but then there is minoxidil improving hair with vasodilation and increased blood flow........... its all very confusing

 

[faisal161]

And regarding my question for continuing the application of betamethasone valerate on my scalp(which i started last week ).... now i found a study which says that betamethasone considerably decrease PGE2 ..... i will never use it again on my scalp . in fact i just remember that last year i used betamethasone for at least a month and i was getting comments from my family that my hairline has receded ... i will throw that away now, .. bad stuff

 

[countjulian]

You should use piractone olamine shampoo to take care of that sebum, sebum has dht in it.

 

[Calchas]

i was thinking that the back of the head is more translucent because it is less exposed to sunlight due to more coverage of hair , hence less pigmentation (melanin) ... but i think you may be right about blood flow to be the real reason.

No,it has nothing to do with sunlight...The redness is a result of increased bloodflow which in itself is a result of increased mechanical tension on the occipitofrontalis muscle.
For me the prostaglandin chapter is closed.I had experimented with it many years ago with negligible results.

 

[faisal161]

No,it has nothing to do with sunlight...The redness is a result of increased bloodflow which in itself is a result of increased mechanical tension on the occipitofrontalis muscle.
For me the prostaglandin chapter is closed.I had experimented with it many years ago with negligible results.

thank for explaining , I agree with you , ... do you have any suggestions ? i have read about the fibrosis of scalp , and there are year long studies showing the benefits of massaging and kneading your scalp daily to prevent or eventually reverse fibrosis leading to hair growth , and what else do you suggest to add in regimen other than hope................ ( BTW i am hopeful too )

 

[faisal161]

thanks for the suggestion , do you know any good brand for this ?

You should use piractone olamine shampoo to take care of that sebum, sebum has dht in it.

 

[countjulian]

thanks for the suggestion , do you know any good brand for this ?

Sebamed

 

[Calchas]

i have read about the fibrosis of scalp , and there are year long studies showing the benefits of massaging and kneading your scalp daily to prevent or eventually reverse fibrosis leading to hair growth

Massage will not reverse a fibrotic process..That's silly...It's like saying to someone who has tendinosis to massage his tendon and it will heal.
Unfortunately,there is no medication currently that reverses a fibrotic process.

I would suggest you to read about Dupuytren's contracture and Ledderhose's disease.These are two fibrocontractive disorders that occur almost exclusively in men,and studies have shown that tissues from these disorders express higher androgen receptors and 5a-reductase enzyme.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14642522
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11853085

For me,as i told you, male pattern baldness is actually epicranial fasciosis,and the force that drives the symmetrical evolution of the pattern is not inflammation but mechanical strain.