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mindmetoo
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Hairloss can be prevented in a majority of males with Propecia. I think Propecia works by preventing the action of an enzyme that leads to hairloss. As well, there is strong evidence soy based products when ingested create a substance that acts in the same way as Propecia.
So, have him drink a glass of soy milk every day. |
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Rteacher
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Location: Western MA, USA
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| Baldness runs in my family, but my brother credits his full head of hair to never wearing a hat ... |
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Hollywoodaction
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| Everybody's hairline changes a bit as they age. |
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hermes.trismegistus
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| So, have him drink a glass of soy milk every day. |
F*ck soy.
You trying to make folks ill? ... especially the females?
The Truth About Soy
Propecia elevates AST/ALT levels, and since it gets metabolized almost exclusively in the liver, has been categorically shown to have deleterious effects on the liver - especially under life-long intake necessary for preventing resumption of hairloss.
So really, you trying to make folks ill?
Namaste. |
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excitinghead
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Know it's all just a joke, but couldn't resist pointing out that I'm allergic to milk, so have been drinking soy since about...erm, 1985...but starting at 23, I'm probably the winner in the premature balding stakes. 
Oh no! Come to think of it, by now everyone's figured out what my name means! My secret identity is revealed!  |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Nope. Already established that the pattern for faldness is carried on Mama's side. Check those maternal side dudes out. |
Actually, this was shown to be incorrect about 5 years ago. It is now widely established that the genes are a mix from both sides of the family,l like most other things. |
First I've heard of that... wouldn't have a link handy, would ya? |
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hermes.trismegistus
Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| excitinghead wrote: |
| Know it's all just a joke, but couldn't resist pointing out that I'm allergic to milk, so have been drinking soy since about...erm, 1985... |
No joke mate.
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Among the Hawaii "study's" conclusions: that tofu accelerates brain weight loss in aging users, that the more soy you use the more it impacts your mental abilities, that soy acts like a drug, not a food.
(Soyfoods) are not nutrients. They are drugs... - Dr. L. White, Honolulu |
but starting at 23, I'm probably the winner in the premature balding stakes.
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| ...but starting at 23, I'm probably the winner in the premature balding stakes. |
Don't count on it. I've known folks who started at 16.
Namaste. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| EFLtrainer wrote: |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
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| Nope. Already established that the pattern for faldness is carried on Mama's side. Check those maternal side dudes out. |
Actually, this was shown to be incorrect about 5 years ago. It is now widely established that the genes are a mix from both sides of the family,l like most other things. |
First I've heard of that... wouldn't have a link handy, would ya? |
Sorry, I really don't have a link, and I am way to lazy to look for one. It's something I heard in a university class about 3 years ago. |
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hermes.trismegistus
Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| Actually, this was shown to be incorrect about 5 years ago. It is now widely established that the genes are a mix from both sides of the family,l like most other things. |
| EFLtrainer wrote: |
| First I've heard of that... wouldn't have a link handy, would ya? |
From Hair.MD:
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| Another interesting aspect of male hair loss has to do with the inheritance of the gene for baldness. Not that many years ago we were taught that genetic hair loss was sex linked and thereby transmitted from mother's side only. We have since learned that this was only the tip of the iceberg. Like a political investigation, as the research goes deeper, more and more players (in our case, chromosomes) are implicated. Although male pattern baldness is definitely transmitted on the X chromosome (XY is a male, XX is a female), there are numerous other chromosomes (humans have forty-six) that help determine the age of occurrence, rate and degree of hair loss. So just because your maternal grandfather is bald doesn't mean you will be also. |
Namaste. |
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Zyzyfer
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| hermes.trismegistus wrote: |
Don't count on it. I've known folks who started at 16.
Namaste. |
Yeah, I started around that age. I figure by the time I'm 50 I won't need clippers or anything anymore. I'll just sport the Picard look. It's not far off anyway.
periwinkle: Make him eat miyeokguk. Eating that three meals a day is supposed to reverse baldness. Ah, the magical wonders of Korean food.  |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Recipe!! |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| hermes.trismegistus wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| So, have him drink a glass of soy milk every day. |
F*ck soy.
You trying to make folks ill? ... especially the females?
The Truth About Soy |
A web page that uses a picture of Darth Vader. Wow they really want people to take them seriously. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| excitinghead wrote: |
| Know it's all just a joke, but couldn't resist pointing out that I'm allergic to milk, so have been drinking soy since about...erm, 1985...but starting at 23, I'm probably the winner in the premature balding stakes. |
Not all people would have the gene for turning soy into an anti-DHT enzyme, just as not everyone has a gene for post-childhood milk digestion. |
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SirFink
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Is DHT an enzyme? Whatever it is, blocking it's production has been on the drawing boards for years now and, unfortunately, not much has really worked so far. DHT also enlarges the prostate, so drug companies are furiously working on pills that would block it's production so as to prevent prostate enlargement. Prevening/reversing baldness would be a side benefit.
There is a pill that does just that on the market but it doesn't seem to be very effective. This balding male is keeping his fingers crossed in hopes something better comes along.
As far as exfoliation and scalp treatments and stress: that's a lot of bunk. |
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ajuma
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Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| I think that it's the acid rain in Korea! |
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