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#43 - Alan Bauman, M.D.: The science of male and female hair restoration - how to protect, enhance, and restore the appearance and health of the hair and scalp

The Peter Attia Drive

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Is DHT the Cause of Male Baldness?

Two of the most popular systemic agents to mitigate male pattern baldness block the enzyme that turns testosterone into DHT. If you put someone on finasteride about a milligram a day, they have a 90% chance of looking the same or better in the long run. Even if you put some on a finasteride or even do tasteride, blocking both pathways to DHT, you still squeak by with a little bit of DHT.

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