Blood Levels and DHT
hey doc, i recently had blood work done to check levels of dht. in a range of i think 25 to 75, mine was a 31. does this still mean im losing my hair or not? and at what levels of dht in the blood create hair loss?
Blood tests are not done to check hair loss. There is a much simpler way: a mirror! Seriously though, if you want to know if you are really losing hair you should have your scalp mapped for miniaturization to see if there is a pattern to your hair loss.
While drugs such as finasteride (Propecia) works by blocking DHT, there is no correlation with the DHT level and hair loss. Someone with a very high DHT level and without the balding gene, will probably never lose hair.
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