Are Sebum Clogged Follicles To Blame For Male Pattern Baldness?
With the possible exception of blood flow, it seems another commonly held belief is that clogged follicles are to blame for male pattern hair loss. Usually, people believe that sebum (an oily substance created by the Sebaceous glands in the hair follicles) is to blame.
I won’t waste your time here, and I’ll get right to the point: there is absolutely no way that sebum clogs your follicles and causes baldness.
Let me address this point with 2 common sense reasons as to why this is a complete myth:
1. Sebum is an oil constantly being broken down and reproduced. It doesn’t simply appear and then like a menace clog the hair follicles like superglue making you bald. In fact, sebum lubricates the hair to allow it to pass through the deeper tissues and through the surface of the skin.
2. Sebum is not only created in the scalp, but all over the skin – particularly in other areas of hair. If sebum were to blame, then in particular men who were completely bald on the scalp would surely be incapable of growing beards, as they too would suffer from clogged beard follicles.
I hope this article has convinced you to stop wasting time looking for blocked pores as a blame for male pattern baldness. You need to look towards DHT and genetics, which you can learn more about on this site.