• scarabic@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Hair loss is caused by a multitude of factors, including aging, stress, hormonal imbalances and bad genetics.

    “Bad” genetics?! Damn, that’s a little fucking judgmental for what is ultimately just a cosmetic issue.

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      25 days ago

      Better watch out, when the king of the US government is done with all the queers and chronically ill the baldies are next.

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      25 days ago

      When my head is freezing and I don’t have a hat handy I’m pretty sure that’s not a cosmetic issue.

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      25 days ago

      It’s not just cosmetic. Hair keeps the heat from escaping the head so quickly and, more importantly, it helps keep the head from getting sunburned and skin cancer.

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        23 days ago

        You’re going to tell me that people are applying Rogaine so they don’t have to apply sunscreen? Hm yeah that is a well thought out argument when Rogaine is 10x more expensive.

        No. The male hair loss remedy industry is entirely built around cosmetic vanity, not keeping warm.

        I can sit here and tell you how hair can be host to different parasites or impair your vision while driving or get caught and pulled into power tools and is therefore a bad survival trait.

        But let’s not be absolute morons.

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    25 days ago

    Answer: kind of, as long you keep applying the substance you will regrow all the hair that you have lost and maintain it

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      25 days ago

      That’s the problem I’ve always had with baldness remedies. Shaving my head every other week takes less effort and saves money. Plus I’ve been bald since highschool so I’m kinda used to it at this point.

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      25 days ago

      Hair loss remedies are always criticized on the grounds that you need to continue using them to continue seeing the benefits.

      I don’t know why this complaint surfaces for hair loss medications in particular, when a lot of things are like this. Insulin. Depression drugs. All supplements. Etc.

  • iopq@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Finasteride effectively cured male pattern balding already. It’s safe and effective, the only downside is that you need to keep taking it