Is Telogen Phase the Same Length for Balding and Non-Balding Men?

Dear DR, hi,

I found your blog by searching about duration of telogen phase on Men with male pattern baldness. I’ve a pretty simple question: is the telogen phase the same for Baldness suffering peoples and “normal” peoples?

I’m asking you that because ive checked your blog, and i saw tons of guys complaining about masturbation/working out incidence on MPB. Alot said they saw some changes in the daily shedding (in good or worse) after 3-5 days only… How is that possible? I though a “dead” hair fell 100 days after the beginning of the telogen cycle. So how can they check the result of abstinence OR over masturbation only after a couple of days? Do i misunderstood something? As nobody never corrected them about this point, do that means the telogen phase for MPB men is equal to less than 2 weeks and not 2-3 months like for others men?

In advance, thank you. Regards.

The duration of the telogen phase varies in everyone. The cycle can be longer when there is miniaturization present . If a hair dies (apoptosis), it can die within a follicular unit or miniaturize within a follicular unit. The telogen cycle, I believe, is significantly longer than 2 weeks. So, for example, if you have a high density and many three-hair follicular units, one hair may go into miniaturization and at some point in the follicular unit’s cycle, that hair can die off.