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Re: vaniqa use and resultsFrom: robyn (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:02:32 -0600 (CST)
At Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Zowie wrote: > >I have a really stupid. If testosterone causes the hair growth, then >how can a cream form of it get rid of it?? > I'm not sure about this, but here's my attempt at an explanation. :) Everyone has testosterone in their bodies - in most women, the estrogen and testosterone balance out. That's why some of the women with PCOS don't suffer from the acne, hair growth, or hair loss that the others of us do. We just have an imbalance, and that makes the effects of having it more pronounced. The excess testosterone in our bodies is considered to be "free testosterone". I believe that the testosterone on our scalps is considered to be DHT (or something like that - different from the free testosterone) and the hair follicles react to that, causing hair loss, or lack of hair growth. That's why things like rogaine work - that product removes the DHT from the scalp, thus enabling the hair to regrow or at least stop falling out. I think that this cream is acting almost like a reverse rogaine - it's making the hair stop growing or fall out. And, just like if you stop using rogaine on your scalp your hair will start to fall out again, if you stop using vaniqua on your face, the hair will start to grow again. That's also probably why the cream can cause side effects like acne - the testosterone probably causes it. Again, I am not sure about this at all, but it's my explanation. :) Maybe someone else will know...
-- Robyn
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