DW Podcasts | How do I stop going bald? - Science unscripted @dw_podcasts | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
#balding #hair #study
🔬💇♂️ Hair transplant?
💊 Hormones?
👴 Or just go bald?
When a genetic test shows a Science unscripted host will lose his hair, it leads to bad science and some (potentially) big side effects 🤕
So - what SHOULD you do if you start to lose your hair? 🤔
Social psychologist & medical/body image researcher Glen Jankowski has the answer. The lecturer from Leeds University has gone through numerous studies, many commercially funded, to find good research that can help people make the best decision possible. For them.
Because in the end, even if 70% of men go through it, how to deal with losing your hair is a very personal experience.
Questions? Ideas? Random thoughts & no one to share with? Leave a comment or email us at su@dw.com! 📝📧🗣️📧
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STUDY: Psychology’s medicalization of male pattern baldness 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13591053211024724
00:01 A blood test (DNA) can tell you if you’re going to lose your hair
00:40 Meet Stephanie Heilmann-Heimbach, a genetics researcher who specializes in male pattern baldness
00:53 Stephanie’s DNA analysis shows Science unscripted host Conor is likely to lose most or all of his hair
01:24 Stephanie’s male pattern baldness test uses DNA samples to see if a person’s genetic code ‘lines up’ with the 300+ positions in the human genome that correlate with baldness
02:40 Is there a genetic treatment for male pattern baldness (male androgenetic alopecia, MAA), or could there be in the future?
04:00 What should you do when you find out you’re going bald? And why is there so much bad science around balding?
06:04 Social psychologist & medical/body image researcher Glen Jankowski says losing your hair causes people to feel they’ll be discriminated against, become depressed or even suicidal - but that they adjust quickly (according to years of research)
06:42 Advertising is partly to blame for men’s exaggerated perceptions of baldness’ negative impact on their lives
07:20 Most men find going bald distressing - and they need support - but advertising and culture have made the process worse
08:22 Men who look older are rated as less attractive, but they can also be considered more dominant, better leaders or more intelligent
09:18 What should you do if you’re going bald? Shave off the rest? Take pharmaceuticals? Get a transplant? Grow out recessed hair? Weep quietly?
10:18 Research shows that men who shave their head to compensate for going bald do psychologically better over the long term
10:38 Do hair transplants make people happy? (WARNING: Lots of bad hair transplant studies out there!)
11:45 Studies show finasteride & minoxidil only regrow 18 hair follicles per square centimeter on average; and finasteride (hormonal) can have side effects including sexual dysfunction, depression and even neurological issues
12:50 80% of studies on male pattern baldness are COMMERCIALLY funded. That’s bad.
13:44 If you’re going bald… pick the option that works best for you, but make sure it’s based on GOOD research (and not social media or commercially funded research)
14:48 Glenn has great hair - so what does he do, based on all the things he knows, to keep it looking that way?
16:24 It feels good to talk openly about hair loss. And for Gabe, it feels good to know his hair will stay on his head.
#balding #hair #study
🔬💇♂️ Hair transplant?
💊 Hormones?
👴 Or just go bald?
When a genetic test shows a Science unscripted host will lose his hair, it leads to bad science and some (potentially) big side effects 🤕
So - what SHOULD you do if you start to lose your hair? 🤔
Social psychologist & medical/body image researcher Glen Jankowski has the answer. The lecturer from Leeds University has gone through numerous studies, many commercially funded, to find good research that can help people make the best decision possible. For them.
Because in the end, even if 70% of men go through it, how to deal with losing your hair is a very personal experience.
Questions? Ideas? Random thoughts & no one to share with? Leave a comment or email us at su@dw.com! 📝📧🗣️📧
Subscribe 👉
pod.link/scienceunscripted
STUDY: Psychology’s medicalization of male pattern baldness 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13591053211024724
00:01 A blood test (DNA) can tell you if you’re going to lose your hair
00:40 Meet Stephanie Heilmann-Heimbach, a genetics researcher who specializes in male pattern baldness
00:53 Stephanie’s DNA analysis shows Science unscripted host Conor is likely to lose most or all of his hair
01:24 Stephanie’s male pattern baldness test uses DNA samples to see if a person’s genetic code ‘lines up’ with the 300+ positions in the human genome that correlate with baldness
02:40 Is there a genetic treatment for male pattern baldness (male androgenetic alopecia, MAA), or could there be in the future?
04:00 What should you do when you find out you’re going bald? And why is there so much bad science around balding?
06:04 Social psychologist & medical/body image researcher Glen Jankowski says losing your hair causes people to feel they’ll be discriminated against, become depressed or even suicidal - but that they adjust quickly (according to years of research)
06:42 Advertising is partly to blame for men’s exaggerated perceptions of baldness’ negative impact on their lives
07:20 Most men find going bald distressing - and they need support - but advertising and culture have made the process worse
08:22 Men who look older are rated as less attractive, but they can also be considered more dominant, better leaders or more intelligent
09:18 What should you do if you’re going bald? Shave off the rest? Take pharmaceuticals? Get a transplant? Grow out recessed hair? Weep quietly?
10:18 Research shows that men who shave their head to compensate for going bald do psychologically better over the long term
10:38 Do hair transplants make people happy? (WARNING: Lots of bad hair transplant studies out there!)
11:45 Studies show finasteride & minoxidil only regrow 18 hair follicles per square centimeter on average; and finasteride (hormonal) can have side effects including sexual dysfunction, depression and even neurological issues
12:50 80% of studies on male pattern baldness are COMMERCIALLY funded. That’s bad.
13:44 If you’re going bald… pick the option that works best for you, but make sure it’s based on GOOD research (and not social media or commercially funded research)
14:48 Glenn has great hair - so what does he do, based on all the things he knows, to keep it looking that way?
16:24 It feels good to talk openly about hair loss. And for Gabe, it feels good to know his hair will stay on his head.
