And the reason for baldness is?

STEED · 08-30-06, 10:20 AM

Well I am going bald, the old bald patch is coming on nicely and sooner or later time to chop it all off and go for the Kojak look.

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Mice might provide the reason for baldness

Big News Network.com
Tuesday 29th August, 2006 (UPI)

British scientists say they may have discovered why some people are hairier than others, as well as new information about baldness.

The University of Manchester team has discovered the molecular processes that decide which embryonic skin cells will form into hair follicles, determining the body's hair pattern.

The findings in mice will be of interest to scientists looking at male-pattern baldness, but have more direct implications for people who suffer from ectodermal dysplasia -- a range of conditions in which skin cells fail to develop into other tissue, including hair follicles.

During human development, skin cells have the ability to turn into other types of cells to form hair follicles, sweat glands, teeth and nails, said Dr. Denis Headon, who led the research. Which cells are transformed into hair follicles is determined by three proteins that are produced by our genes.

The team found that cells given the genetic command to become hair follicles will send out signals to neighboring cells to prevent them from doing likewise, so producing a specific hair pattern.

The research ... could provide clues as to why follicles shrink and hair growth diminishes in certain men as they get older, said Headon.

http://www.britainnews.net/story/79d362a4c63668b7

Kapitan · 08-30-06, 10:47 AM

You can have some of my hair steed, my legs are so hairy that at a distance it looks like im wearing a pair of tieghts.

STEED · 08-30-06, 10:56 AM

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Tyred strip wax?

Kapitan · 08-30-06, 11:02 AM

I have had a brazilian wax and its painful !!!! did that for chairty its whats known as a bum back and crack wax.

STEED · 08-30-06, 11:06 AM

OUCH

What more can I say.

Perilscope · 08-30-06, 11:13 AM

Thank goodness my genes are okay, for that part at least...

fredbass · 08-30-06, 11:34 AM

I'm 46 and still have a very full head of hair which still grows very quickly, unfortunately. As I get older, it seems my hair grows quicker in other places as well, like my nose, ears and eyebrows.

Sometimes I wish I was bald. It would be a lot less trouble.

But I don't think being bald has anything to do with the hair on the rest of your body.

Oh, by the way, is there any truth to whether or not someone can go bald or lose hair growth by wearing a cap or hat all the time?

Fish · 08-30-06, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan

You can have some of my hair steed, my legs are so hairy that at a distance it looks like im wearing a pair of tieghts.

I was 42 before I got my first breast hair. On a evening my wife yelled I see hair on your breast.

STEED · 08-30-06, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

I was 42 before I got my first breast hair. On a evening my wife yelled I see hair on your breast.

SHOCKING

More info please.

Fish · 08-30-06, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

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Originally Posted by Fish

I was 42 before I got my first breast hair. On a evening my wife yelled I see hair on your breast.

SHOCKING

More info please.

No

STEED · 08-30-06, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

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Originally Posted by STEED

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Originally Posted by Fish

I was 42 before I got my first breast hair. On a evening my wife yelled I see hair on your breast.

SHOCKING

More info please.

No

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Sailor Steve · 08-30-06, 06:18 PM

A quote from Drew Carey:
"You don't lose your hair when you get older; it just moves down to your @$$...and it takes your pimples with it!"

kiwi_2005 · 08-30-06, 11:33 PM

Dont worry bout going bald, i presume your head is always dry? meaning not oily my head is always oily lol i could grow an oil field on my head if left for a month. I have oily head and oily olive skin. Yet i think thats why im not bald, the drier your scalp the more likely your go bald.

Number 1 haircuts rock anyways so get out the hair clippers!

Yahoshua · 08-30-06, 11:56 PM

If you have hair that is long enough (and a solid color, no dyes, bleached hair, or gray hair) you can cut it and donate it to cancer patients.

I did my first cut about 3 weeks ago got 10 inches of hair and went from a full-out ponytail to a crew-cut.

Good thing my name matches my Drivers License, else ppl will think I killed the old me and I'm an imposter trying to usurp his place!!

Perilscope · 08-31-06, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

...I have oily head and oily olive skin. Yet i think thats why im not bald, the drier your scalp the more likely your go bald.

Hmmm! I do not know if it's true or not, but you might have a point there. I also have an oily head, and I have the same hairline since I was young and with no sign of getting higher (speaking of the hairline).

I am thirty years old and still have baby hair growing all over my head, proof that I will not go bald anytime soon ;-)

08-30-06, 10:47 AM	#2
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	You can have some of my hair steed, my legs are so hairy that at a distance it looks like im wearing a pair of tieghts. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

08-30-06, 10:56 AM	#3
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Tyred strip wax? __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-30-06, 11:02 AM	#4
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	I have had a brazilian wax and its painful !!!! did that for chairty its whats known as a bum back and crack wax. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

08-30-06, 11:06 AM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	OUCH What more can I say. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-30-06, 11:33 PM	#13
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Dont worry bout going bald, i presume your head is always dry? meaning not oily my head is always oily lol i could grow an oil field on my head if left for a month. I have oily head and oily olive skin. Yet i think thats why im not bald, the drier your scalp the more likely your go bald. Number 1 haircuts rock anyways so get out the hair clippers! __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

08-30-06, 11:13 AM	#6
Perilscope Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montréal Posts: 399 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thank goodness my genes are okay, for that part at least...

08-30-06, 11:34 AM	#7
fredbass Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Port Richey, Fl, USA Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm 46 and still have a very full head of hair which still grows very quickly, unfortunately. As I get older, it seems my hair grows quicker in other places as well, like my nose, ears and eyebrows. Sometimes I wish I was bald. It would be a lot less trouble. But I don't think being bald has anything to do with the hair on the rest of your body. Oh, by the way, is there any truth to whether or not someone can go bald or lose hair growth by wearing a cap or hat all the time?

08-30-06, 06:18 PM	#12
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	A quote from Drew Carey: "You don't lose your hair when you get older; it just moves down to your @$$...and it takes your pimples with it!"

08-30-06, 11:56 PM	#14
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you have hair that is long enough (and a solid color, no dyes, bleached hair, or gray hair) you can cut it and donate it to cancer patients. I did my first cut about 3 weeks ago got 10 inches of hair and went from a full-out ponytail to a crew-cut. Good thing my name matches my Drivers License, else ppl will think I killed the old me and I'm an imposter trying to usurp his place!! __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua