total testosterone in the serum (tser) has the highest serum levels of all androgens and was probably therefore taken into consideration in all pertient studies. nevertheless, only facial hair density is significantly correlated to tser, while linear facial hair growth did not show a significant relation to total testosterone (farthing et al 1982; see knaussmann and christiansen 1988 for a similar result with regard to the type of beard)
beard growth pattern did not correlate to tser.
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1922 (08/15/08 15:28:01) |
Last Edited By: cultivatorB
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1224 (08/15/08 15:38:02) |
emielski wrote: Like you, it is slowly but shurely improving each month.
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wolfmn300 |
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1224 (08/15/08 15:39:18) |
emielski wrote: I have stopped using Spectral. I am using Xandrox 15% now. Seems to work better for me than Spectral.
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walder |
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Beard Newcomer
Posts: 3 (08/15/08 16:07:07) |
Does anyone know about the potential consequences of using both propecia (finasteride) and rogaine on the face at the same time? Will it affect rogaine's
stimulation of facial hair?
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emielski |
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Beard Elite
Posts: 262 (08/15/08 18:29:30) |
dismal,
for emu oil I would say read the board again and you will find answers for everything about it. All I can say that it could improve the speed of the process because it could bring more minox deeper to the hair follicles and emu oil can put hairs out of sleeping fase. The most of us apply 15 minutes later after applying minox. |
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emielski |
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Beard Elite
Posts: 262 (08/15/08 18:33:02) |
wolfman,
not a combination between xandrox and spectral? (apply xandrox in the morning and spectral in the noon? and xandrox again in the evening?) |
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emielski |
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Beard Elite
Posts: 262 (08/15/08 18:36:04) |
cultivatorB,
for your last posts of testosterone the conclusion is that it is not necesarily to increase your test levels? it just doesn`t matter? |
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wolfmn300 |
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1224 (08/16/08 08:16:49) |
I ran out of the spectral and so is only using Xandrox and regular minox.
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1922 (08/16/08 10:06:36) |
emielski wrote: the conclusion is that higher total test does influence beards. and also total test can be diverted to other functions thus lowering available test to work on beard
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Beard Elite
Posts: 262 (08/16/08 10:45:17) |
thank you.
but how do you increase test? |
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Beard Friendly
Posts: 35 (08/16/08 12:28:34) |
take pills
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1922 (08/16/08 13:00:28) |
that is for you to decide.
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1224 (08/16/08 13:23:59) |
There are many products sold at bodybuilding stores which increases test.
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1922 (08/16/08 14:32:44) |
& some which arent sold in those stores too.
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Beard Friendly
Posts: 11 (08/16/08 16:18:19) |
Hey, what's up fellas. I began the Minox experiment on May 20th and took these near 3 month mark photos on August 14th. I'm very impressed with the
results so far! Here's a little background info. I turn 24 in 10 days, I've only used generic Equate brand 5 %, I started off only applying .75 mL
once a day for about 2 weeks. I experienced severe nausea and headaches if I tried to apply .75 mL 2x daily. After 2 weeks, I switched to .75 mL 2x daily,
and then 1 mL 2x about 3 days after that. I haven't been spot on with always applying 2x a day, either. Some days I can only apply it once (or not at
all), either in the morning or late at night, but growth has been steadily imroving. These pics were a little early for the 3 month mark, but I just wanted to
post anyway since seeing a bunch of newbs recently start the experiment. The before Minox pics are taken May 20th, with about 4 days of growth, the near 3
monthers with about 4 days of growth, and 1 week on the sideburns. Now that the hairs have started, it's just a waiting game for them to turn terminal,
and to get the cheeks to connect to my chin! Hope this helps.
   
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1123 (08/16/08 16:25:55) |
Very good improvement Sandor!
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
-Shakespeare
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beardwarrior |
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Beard Master
Posts: 822 (08/16/08 19:44:28) |
Awesome success Sandor! The difference is striking!
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Beard Newcomer
Posts: 2 (08/16/08 23:07:31) |
I think now that I've been off minoxidil 7 months, the beard's beginning to thin again. It's still way better than ever before! So I'm
starting the minoxidil again in mornings only; I hope that will be enough. (In the evenings, it might rub off on my wife, who would prefer not to have a beard
of her own!)
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Beard Friendly
Posts: 35 (08/17/08 01:04:40) |
hey guys is it just me or does the 5% minox have a consistency of baby oil? it seems more lubricanty than the 2% which had the consistency of water
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1224 (08/17/08 11:35:34) |
Sanders, huge improvement. Please keep on providing update photos.
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