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Yesterday I passed a barbershop and saw ads on their wall outside of men with beards and short hair. It is a revival or saving electricity ?

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Alas, I cannot grow hair on the top of my head, so I must grow it on the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

IIRC, it’s the same testosterone-y hormone that determines how good you are at growing a beard that also determines how aggressively you go bald. So there’s lots of folks in this boat with us

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's more so how sensitive your cells/receptors are to these hormones (testosterone/DHT), assuming you have healthy levels. There's people on anabolic steroids that still can't grow a dense beard. It's just genetics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The more you know!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Also, I have a big ass forehead and no chin. Gotta aim for that balancing point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Alas, I have just enough native blood to not be able to grow a beard, and not enough to not go bald. Worst of both worlds haha