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Why do some people go bald? - Sarthak Sinha

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What do Charles Darwin, Michael Jordan, and Yoda have in common? They, like many other historical and fictive individuals, are bald. Scientists have long pondered, why do some people lose their hair, and how can we bring it back? Sarthak Sinha explores the basics of baldness.

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Educator Sarthak Sinha
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over 9 years ago

DHT

over 9 years ago

Hello... Baldness has to do with, you guessed it, the way we lose testosterone. One supreme way we lose testosterone is within our "little guys." These "little guys" are what creates babies in women. Everyone knows how babies are made. You do this and that and then a stork arrives. So, with the ever-expanding way of our genitalia after a "release" of storks, we find that our testosterone, in men, and our estrogen, in women, have decreased dramatically. This lessening of our hormones creates a lack of hormone that will improve our hair growth. When we are unlike the "wild," we act as though the "wild" is not in us. Just like when you throw a baseball, I throw the ball and I have no more ball. Sincerely, De Funct

by Zalan Stefan

over 6 years ago

Hair roots can be revived?

over 5 years ago

Alopecia