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Theory Bee stings for norwood ?? (1 Viewer)

Theory Bee stings for norwood ??
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Nardicus102

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Hair cafe is coming
Why was I about to mention him too :banderas:

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How can bee venom be utilised for stopping hair loss and promoting hair growth.

I stumbled upon a social media post, this guy went out and placed angry bees on his peaks for the purpose of getting stung (obviously). This intrigued me so i thought I'd go do my own research 🐝🐝🐝

Bee venom directly inhibits local 5a-reductase ( the enzyme that converts testosterone to DHT (1 of the main causes for hair loss)).

This happens through a peptide found in bee vemom called mellitin .
(then enhanced by PLA2)

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mellitin
mellitin is insanely and underrattedly useful for the context of local hair growth and loss reduction. But how?

Along with inhibiting 5a-reductase it-
increases igfr sensitivity
upregulates VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor )
Upregulates fgf-2 and -7 (fibroblast growth)
ASCs release (cell migration and proliferation, endothelial growth, osteogenesis)

Delays catagen entry (regression)
prolongs anagen duration (growth)


https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6669657/?sharetype=link
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10892121/?sharetype=link
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27040904/?sharetype=link
Bee Venom Promotes Hair Growth in Association with Inhibiting 5α-Reductase Expression - PubMed https://share.google/f8tlhYaMdoMbFRqcj
Bee Venom Stimulates Growth Factor Release from Adipose-Derived Stem Cells to Promote Hair Growth - PubMed https://share.google/sbesCPbUu0uZPEm0Y

PLA2
PLA2 (found to be 12% of bee venom) plays a gaint role in how bioactive mellitin is and how cells react to it

5-ar is meberane-associated, meaning intacellular penetration is needed for inhibition. This is exactly what PLA2 helps with, it expands what was a narrow doorway into intracullar level, improving mellitin access.

PLA2 is the reason you get a bump after a bee sting, it causes an inflammatory response. Which increases blood flow and growth factor locally.

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Now im not telling you to go get stung bees.
This mechanism can be triggered with bee venom and a derma planner (1mm)

Bee venom can be rather expensive ($300+)
Who says you can't go collect it yourself ?

Get a glass cup with a cheese cloth over it
stun bees by hitting/smoking them
Place agitated be on cloth (holding both wings)
Done - although this would be a long process and you would likely get stung

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In reality practice this would be rather unpractical or expensive.

Fun idea tho ❤️

Until next time

biomaxx
probably wrong but iirc mellitin is the same shit in bee venom alleged to be the cause behind bee venom increasing dih size in that one study
mellitin might by god tbh
 

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I saw this before. And honestly I’ve been telling people who Norwood to not only focus on the androgenic part,but also the information. There’s theory that I don’t exactly strictly follow but makes sense honestly,DHT arrives as a inflammatory counter response,but the longer DHT is present in the scalp the more harm it does rather than short term intervention,since long term they stimulate fibroblasts at the hair follicle. But inflammation and other factors need to be played it,scalp health,inflammation,thyroid etc. In simple theory,DHT could may not be the starting trigger,but still be a cause. I also saw bee stings being used and I saw anecdotal proof,to be honest,it sounds promising. It’s always fun to theorize other methods instead of being in a dead end with fin or dut.
 

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