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Uncle didn't have any tips for a receding hairline by any chance?

• moralestapia 4y ago
  Hit the gym? Lol.
  • copperx 4y ago
    To increase testosterone and speed up the onset of baldness?
    • kevviiinn 4y ago
      I don't think working out increases testosterone
      • fsckboy 4y ago
        if we included testosterone supplements I think we'll find a correlation
        • kevviiinn 4y ago
          Taking testosterone increases testosterone? You must be joking
          • fsckboy 4y ago
            the correlation is with the gym
            • kevviiinn 4y ago
              Correlating gym-going with testosterone supplementation?
      • pengaru 4y ago
        > I don't think working out increases testosterone You think wrongly, they're definitely linked: "Exercise: Resistance training increases testosterone levels acutely, however, in older men, that increase can be avoided by protein ingestion. Endurance training in men may lead to lower testosterone levels." [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testosterone#Regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testosterone#Regulation
        • kbelder 4y ago
          >however, in older men, that increase can be avoided by protein ingestion. Why on earth would you want to avoid it? That's like saying weight loss could be avoided by eating lots of cake.
          • pengaru 4y ago
            It's an interesting question, I'm not sure. This is mentioned under the Health Risks section though: "In people who have undergone testosterone deprivation therapy, testosterone increases beyond the castrate level have been shown to increase the rate of spread of an existing prostate cancer." So there's probably myriad scenarios where one needs to balance testosterone levels with maintaining physical activity/strength training.
    • throwntoday 4y ago
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    • LinuxBender 4y ago
      One rabbit hole to go into for this topic is Diindoylymethane a.k.a. DIM which is a Indole-3-carbinol but there are caveats that vary by person, dietary intake, environmental intakes, genetics, etc... It affects how much testosterone and estrogen are converted into their less potent forms but it's tricky because it would have to be measured in the blood serum first to avoid taking too much, otherwise the conversion inverts and/or other weird things start to happen.
• dennis_jeeves1 4y ago
  Transplant hair from nose to head, perhaps?
  • jnsie 4y ago
    I don't want _that much_ hair, jeez :-)
• tyre 4y ago
  Finasteride.
• tbalsam 4y ago
  In extreme corner cases estrogen seems to keep it from happening.