Does metformin treatment effect dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and the (male pattern) hair loss?
heilsaFeb 23, 2017
I read on the internet (yeah i know) that people report (male patern) hair loss after they started with metformin. So i wondered - since DHT is heavily linked to the male pattern hair loss - if metformin effects the DHT-Level ? The following studies suggest that meformin treatment leads to an reduced testosterone level in men. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12235466 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11707532 I assume that it has the same lowering effect on DHT aswell. Is that correct?
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