If I Have Low Testosterone, Will That Make My Hair Loss Slow Down?
I have a question regarding hair loss and low testosterone. Over the past 4 years my hair has been slowly thinning and now it’s at a point where it’s noticeable. I know I’m going to be bald sooner than later. Anyways, I’ve also been dealing with severe depression, loss of libido, I work out but don’t really gain any muscle, etc. After reading some of the symptoms of low testosterone I think that this could be my problem.
So my question is: If you have lowered testosterone in your body will that cause you to lose hair slower? Lets say I do get diagnosed with low testosterone and receive treatment, will my hair start to fall out faster? Can lowered testosterone actually cause hair loss?
Any significant amount of testosterone could cause the gene for balding to express if you have it, and there is no level that you can control to reduce your balding. Testosterone levels don’t work as an accelerator pedal regarding the speed at which your hair loss progresses.
Jeremy, perhaps you’re misreading what Dr Rassman wrote. The post you referenced seems to say the same thing as the one above — the gene can be expressed from testosterone therapy. It sounds like testosterone isn’t going to make the hair loss progression happen faster or slower, but it can make it happen. I’m not seeing a contradiction.
“Testosterone levels don’t work as an accelerator pedal regarding the speed at which your hair loss progresses.”
Still not seeing it. With that sentence, he is clearly talking about the PROGRESSION of hair loss. More or less testosterone won’t make the hair loss go faster or slower. In other words, any amount of testosterone therapy could trigger the loss to appear where it otherwise might not have been expressed at all. At least, that’s my take.