What happens to hair follicles after permanent shock loss?

[zyzz]

Do they just stay dormant inside your scalp forever?

[scar5]

I've always assumed they don't die completely - they are, after all, still living tissue, else they would rot in your skin.

 

So the story I've believed is that,

 

1) They shrink and move upwards toward the dermis where they stay as useless pieces of archeological junk.

 

But perhaps they go some where like hair heaven?

 

Could they be caniballized by neighboring cells and flushed out of the body through the lymphatic system? Sounds like BS?

 

In any case, caffeine does not make them spring back to life. I always wonder how people believe that stimulating them through blood flow is going to help them. These cells died because of DHT, so increasing blood flow just means more DHT!