Hair loss stabilization in 40’s, 50’s.....

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As per title I’ve seen it remarked here that hair loss progression tends to happen aggressively for people in their 20’s & 30’s......then leveling off significantly in 40’s,50’s, 60’s.

Why is this? The obvious answer I would imagine is that testosterone levels fall and by extension DHT levels. Any other explanation? Plus anybody seen any scientific data on the same to back this up.

Finally a thought experiment  - could an individual who religiously took finasteride in their 20/30’s to protect their DHT sensitive hair hit their mid-40’s and come off the drug with little to no hair loss progression thereafter because of this phenomenon?

[ciaus]

Its all about the genetics out of the gate, not time. Each hair follicle is programmed with a sensitivity level to DHT. The guys that have the follicles that are the most sensitive to it are the ones that start to lose early and aggressively. The luckier guys that have some follicles with more DHT resistance will have more hair hang around longer before they start the miniaturization decline too. Sometimes there can be temporary changes in the body that cause spurts of accelerated loss, due to chemistry/external circumstances/unknown sources of hair loss we don't know about yet. And then there are the luckiest guys of all, that have an almost ENTIRE head of bullet-proof donor hair, and seem to never lose a single hair their whole life!

Bottom line, there's no port in the storm. Once it starts and you visibly notice the loss -estimates are its already up to 50% gone! So start when you first notice the loss and keep taking it until you don't care about having any visible hair.

[Dazed]

I lost more in my 40s and 50s..