July 7 2006, 12:35 pm PT | Posted in: Hair Loss Causes
hi dr, ive read some on chemical castration, is there any way to produce the effects of castration that it has on your hair without actually doing it and so avoiding the other effects
Castration prevents hair loss because without testosterone, one can not make DHT and without DHT, balding does not occur. It is well known that removal of the testicles will prevent hair loss, but I have not seen anyone willing to take up this cure. Castration will not reverse what hair loss has already occurred, but it is the ultimate DHT blocker for preventing what may yet unfold. I do not know of a way to do what you’re asking though.
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No, because you’d have to cut off blood supply to the testes. Testosterone is released into the capillary bed at the seminiferous tubules from Leydig cells and is converted in a multitude of places to DHT… one such place appears to be the epidydimis. Unless you literally want to be castrated, it’s not possible.