Okay i got the book.
He really put a lot of work into it. Its about 23 pages long and the 20 pages of information are packed with information.
Obviously he reiterates his theory about a tight galea in conjunction with DHT clogging the follicle preventing sufficient blood flow (cue the "experienced" posters who will argue that anything that says this is a scam).. but he stresses that lack of bloodflow isn't the sole factor, but the tight galea is the main culprit. I know there has been a correlation between tight scalp and male pattern baldness (i don't have studies), and its pretty obvious if you are even a little observant.
His approach is threefold. The last step being more of a suggestion than a sole contributor.
The first step is to relax the galea. This is done with massaging key areas of the scalp where the galea is attached to the muscles.
The second uses a device called a Violet Ray machine. Using this machine after the galea is relaxed supposedly helps stimulate the follicles to a much greater extent.
The third is to avoid large doses of vitamin A and a specific ingredient (called SLS i think) in shampoo. He says its highly controversial but he follows it, so he's not gonna stop.
Of course, all of these methods have pretty much been discussed before, and he acknowledges that in his book, but he says that first relaxing the galea THEN stimulating the follicles with the violet ray machine, is much more efficient than trying any of the techniques on their own.
After reading the book i have no doubt that he is legitimate and believes what he is doing works.. and i think maybe it does. The pictures on his site sure show that he grew hair. Again he also acknowledges that there are questions that are unanswered or that he's not sure of. Also, he admits that so far he is the only proven test case, but is actively trying to get others to show the same results.
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This is all my opinion, and im just attempting to tie in some loose ends.
Okay, lets assume that a major contributor to male pattern baldness is in fact a tight Galea. In his book, Mr. Maliniak vaguely mentions that it gets tighter because the muscles it is attached to "pull" it tight. Maybe part of that is true, but i got the impression that he doesn't fully understand why it gets pulled tight. It also doesn't explain why some folks don't loose their hair, or why the galea doesn't become tight for everyone.
DISCLAIMER: IM NOT PROMOTING A CONTROVERSIAL PRODUCT!! Im hypothesizing.
What if the tight Galea is a major factor in male pattern baldness, but something else is causing the tight Galea? What if the skull expansion theory in fact helps to tie in some loose ends here?
The SE theory states that certain skull shapes will continue to grow slightly into adult life, acting on the underlying tissue and "suffocating" the overlying hair follicles. The biggest misconception about the theory is that the ENTIRE skull expands, this is not true. What if this exaggeration of the skull bone (which incidentally takes place directly underneath the Galea) is the main cause of male pattern baldness, and the tight Galea is the indirect cause? It has been shown that DHT is indeed associated with bone growth, so its plausible. For me it ties up the questions since the SE theory explains exactly why some go bald in a certain way, and to what extent.
A really obvious observation that could back up this theory:
A lot of the time when one starts to loose hair in the back, before the round "bald spot" forms, the thinning will start in 2 patches, which gradually progresses into 1 round bald spot. The focus here are the 2 patches that start the back balding process.
-You know in this pattern..
Now according to SE theory, that thinning started because the underlying bone began to remodel and subsequently grow a little larger based on the skull shape in that region.
Now im not sure if its like this for everyone, but it is for me. Feel the back of the head where this pattern emerges. Notice how there is a "valley" or small dip in-between the initial thinning spots. For me this helps to confirm the theory because the higher areas would grow first, directly putting pressure on the galea, then soon after the lower area would follow, eventually tightening the whole galea, eventually thinning the entire region into the round bald spot.
I have a contact who is uses the Skull E methods. He started using them back in may and was almost completely bald. He has experienced the same results as Mr Maliniak using different methods.
I have to get to class, so im gonna wrap this up.
This is just my hypothesis so im not saying its definitely true or whatnot. It just makes some sense to me, and i hope a little sense to others. You could say im biased since i do use the skull expansion theory techniques, but perhaps each method deals with the problem in its own way. The Maliniak method loosens and relaxes the galea while stimulating follicles back into growth, while the skull expansion methods help to stop the exaggeration of the skull bones and encourages new hair growth through a combination of the massages and the compression exercises.
Thats my two cents in this. I'm sure people will comment saying things like "that doesn't explain hair transplants" and the usual stuff, but contact either one of the authors and ask them. Mr. Taylor's (skull expansion theory) theory about transplants was initially inaccurate and he admitted that. He has another theory, although i don't know what it is off the top of my head (no pun intended)
Okay i have to go.
Cheers
