• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    26 days ago

    I mean, yes, hair is genetic… but genetics also include epigenetics.

    If you take two identical twins, both prone to alopecia, give one of them 45 years of nothing but unending stress, and the other a calm and relaxing life, I’m pretty confident your stressed out twin is gonna be more bald more quickly than the other.

    But, to go back to general agreement: Yeah basically every common hairloss prevention whatever is a almost entirely a scam.

    We’re talking like… twice daily usage for months results in… 15 to 8 new hairs per sq centimeter, for rogaine/minoxidil.

    Sure, technically, it does work… but just barely, and you’d have to keep using it forever, and even if you did, if you’re prone to hairloss, you’ll hit a follicle loss rate that exceeds the regrowth rate at some point.