Quick riding Vs. Hairloss

**Yokai** · 27th January 2005, 10:47

Originally Posted by RiderInBlack

Sorry MR, but if you keep going fast you will loose your hair.

YEAH!!!! Loose the hair - let slip the tonsorial delights!

**Lou Girardin** · 28th January 2005, 10:56

I must be bloody slow then.

**riffer** · 28th January 2005, 11:45

Its a well-known fact that hair loss is caused by testosterone.

Testosterone is linked to agression, lack of fear, and generally manly-type behaviour.

Make of that what you will. :sly:

**riffer** · 28th January 2005, 11:46

Actually, it's not really hairloss.

I reckon for every hair that falls off my head, two replacemets grow on my back... :disapint:

**RiderInBlack** · 29th January 2005, 08:09

Originally Posted by celticno6

Actually, it's not really hairloss.

I reckon for every hair that falls off my head, two replacemets grow on my back... :disapint:

Is that why my back looks like a gorilla suit

**toads** · 29th January 2005, 08:23

Originally Posted by celticno6

Its a well-known fact that hair loss is caused by testosterone.

Testosterone is linked to agression, lack of fear, and generally manly-type behaviour.

Make of that what you will. :sly:

(snort) hmm, I think aging may also be a factor.

**RiderInBlack** · 29th January 2005, 17:19

Originally Posted by toads

(snort) hmm, I think aging may also be a factor.

Some of us must age quicker that others then because my hair loss was noticable @ 25.
By the way all the males in my Father's family have the same bauldness pattern and all have lived long lives (Grandpa died @ 98), and you would hardly call me agressive.
I think the "Scientists" need to go back to the drawing board.

**Waylander** · 29th January 2005, 17:22

Hmmm.....hair or bike..... hair or bike...... Well if its true that riding makes you lose your hair i know wich one i would choose

**Dodgyiti** · 30th January 2005, 11:13

It's not the quick riding that causes it
It's the crashing and recovering, stressing out as your championship points dwindle away while your holed up in a cast

**Ramius** · 30th January 2005, 12:50

Hairloss can be attributed to a lot of things, one being calcium buildup around the hair follicle, which causes the hair to shrink and become fine dander (I have this problem and I am 22)
The other, which is probably more so for bike riders is the wearing of hats/helmets, because for the hair follicle to be healthy it requires air and movement, in a helmet, that is not so.

Either way, I got drunk yesterday and looked in the mirror and said, I am fine that I am going bald! And the stripper last night didn't mind either as I gave her a shot glass to keep!

**Coldkiwi** · 3rd February 2005, 13:27

Well, I would think It can certainly be stress related amoung other things. Having watched some of the Isle of Man footage, the average racer doing well would have to have had quite a few 'OOOO F*** there's a wall!!' moments before getting to the top of that sport.

**RiderInBlack** · 3rd February 2005, 16:05

I wonder if Rossi knows he is going to go bauld

**jrandom** · 3rd February 2005, 16:23

Originally Posted by celticno6

Its a well-known fact...

A well-known fallacy, I think you mean.

Hair loss is caused by dihydrotestosterone (DHT) acting on receptors in the hair follicles.

Testosterone is converted in the body via the 5-alpha reductase enzyme into DHT.

Incidentally, the drug finasteride (Propecia, et al) works by blocking the action of that enzyme, thereby lowering DHT levels.

**inlinefour** · 3rd February 2005, 16:27

The body can only produce a certain amout of hormones and to produce hair the body requires a reasonable proportion of those hormones. Now those with receeding hair have come to the conclusion that that proportion could be more beneficial being used elsewhere. Some women prefer men that are loosing/lost their hair, ever wondered why?

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