Hair Loss & Free-T

Nutrition
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Ok, I’m 27 and the hair thinning is kicking in at the temples…it’s shaved and it doesn’t bother me (particularly)…however, it would still be nice to solve this angry affliction that affects a few on this forum (yeh I know a real ‘T-Man’ might not give a shit about hair loss, but hear me out, since hair loss might be linked to other factors, including muscle growth, red hot sex etc…).

I’m using a the intuition that comes from doing a bit of research and comming to my own hypotheses: I go along with the theory that hair loss is caused by falling levels of Free-T and therefore a rising of T-binding at receptor sites (such as…the head!).

Here’s a question concerning the T-boosting products from Biotest - I’m assuming they raise free T leavels, however is this done by increasing T production directly, or by increasing the bound T - or both?

Are these products more likely to promote or decrease hair loss?

Although, I’m siding with the lower Free-T thory, I could be wrong…

We’re always being told that hair loss is a harmless affliction of age - however, does it reflect a (negative) changing hormonal profile in the body, or could it just be that the changes that occur hormonally during maturation, take a few years to show externally (i.e - is it like something such as cancer which takes years to develop before you see the external results)?

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[quote]T-Prodigy wrote:
Ok, I’m 27 and the hair thinning is kicking in at the temples…it’s shaved and it doesn’t bother me (particularly)…however, it would still be nice to solve this angry affliction that affects a few on this forum (yeh I know a real ‘T-Man’ might not give a shit about hair loss, but hear me out, since hair loss might be linked to other factors, including muscle growth, red hot sex etc…).

I’m using a the intuition that comes from doing a bit of research and comming to my own hypotheses: I go along with the theory that hair loss is caused by falling levels of Free-T and therefore a rising of T-binding at receptor sites (such as…the head!).

Here’s a question concerning the T-boosting products from Biotest - I’m assuming they raise free T leavels, however is this done by increasing T production directly, or by increasing the bound T - or both?

Are these products more likely to promote or decrease hair loss?

Although, I’m siding with the lower Free-T thory, I could be wrong…

We’re always being told that hair loss is a harmless affliction of age - however, does it reflect a (negative) changing hormonal profile in the body, or could it just be that the changes that occur hormonally during maturation, take a few years to show externally (i.e - is it like something such as cancer which takes years to develop before you see the external results)?

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A quality T-boosting product like TRIBEX or Alpha Male stimulates an increase in production of test from your testes. Whether or not it is bound is largely determined by the amount of sex hormone binding globulin SHGB one has. Generally SHGB rises as we males get older and it will bind to test rendering it bound and useless. Eurycoma longfolia found in both Biotest products mentioned lowers SHGB (good thing).

Ones hair loss is mainly determined by your genetics. If you have the gene for going bald, you’re going to go bald. That’s why some bastards have just as much hair in their fifties or sixties and beyond while some poor souls are bald as a billiard at twenty. Even with steroid use some guys will be more prone to lose hair where some don’t, again it depends on your genes.

Summary, TRIBEX or Alpha Male shouldn’t affect hair-loss unless of course you are already on the road to it. I hear products like Nioxin are good however for slowing it down or maybe even stopping it.

Hope this helps,

D