Safe zone question

[dudewheresmyhairdude]

Does DHT act upon all hair on the head equally or is it location specific???

 

What I mean is, the hair on the side of the head is impervious to DHT, but if you do NOT bald on the crown and never will, is that hair also impervious to DHT? I'm asking b/c I'm curious about the safe zone. If hair is transplanted out of the "safe zone", is it "unsafe" if you would not lose hair back there anyway? Does everything change once those hairs are in a location where you are susceptible to losing hair? This goes back to my original question.

Edited August 9, 2013 by dudewheresmyhairdude

[Spanker]

Hair that is in the safe zone is genetically resistant to DHT. That's why you see 10 and 15 year HT results that are still there. That is also why you need to make sure to get a good doctor because it is a permanent cosmetic surgery that you will have to build upon over the years if you lose more native hair.

[dudewheresmyhairdude]

I understand. What I don't understand is whether DHT susceptible hair is susceptible b/c of the hair follicle itself, or the location where it's located.

[1978matt]

The hair which is moved behaves as it did in its original location. It doesn't change to suit the new location.

[greatjob]

It's due to the follicle itself not it's location. For the most part it's believed that hair in the safe zone has less androgen receptors, therefore less DHT binds the follicle which doesn't trigger the process of miniaturization.

[dudewheresmyhairdude]

Nice! Thx, guys! I was worried that maybe the doc took some out of the safe zone, but the hair in the back of my head is steller, doc said the density in the back is "off-the-charts," at 116, and I have no history of crown baldness so I'm thinking he knows what he's doing.

[Blake Bloxham]

Dude,

 

Again, while it is technically the follicles that have or do not have resistance to DHT, the DHT resistance follicles used in hair transplant surgery (which possess donor dominance and will not shed when moved) are located in the universal safe region. In this sense, it does make a difference where the follicles are removed from. Like you said earlier, if you moved a follicle from the crown - which is not DHT resistant - and placed it in the front of your scalp, it could still be susceptible and eventually shed. Hair restoration surgeons are aware of this, and should always extract from safe regions.