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I just read that, it makes sense to this 65YO male. Old men generally behave like women, masculine traits replaced by feminine ones. And how I wish my feminine traits had come sooner, like around 30YO!
Agree, Disagree? Any evidence of this being true? And as women get older, which direction do they go?
They remain the same? So, with an elderly couple, if this is true, then has their marriage become a same-sex marriage?
I work in a LTC/Rehab facility, yet, and I see enough proof of this every day!
But then again now that i am retired i think i woke up this morning feeling a little pretty ha ha ha . I don't like the way the hairs come out of my stockings and i think the heels make my butt look to big.
Scientists don't exactly know what causes hair to sprout excessively from places like the ears and nostrils but Dr. David Liebovitz, an associate professor of Medicine at Northwestern University, guesses that it has to do with hormones and the lifecycle of hair.
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Hairs grow in three stages: anagen, catagen and telogen. First, hair cells grow and divide in the anagen phase. Head hair naturally remains in the anagen phase for an extended period of time, up to several years. Hair on your arms, however, will move on to the catagen phase in a matter of weeks. This is when the hair stops growing and transitions to the dormant telogen phase.
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Liebovitz says some types of hair develop anagen sensitivity as we grow older. The long term exposure of hair follicles to hormones such as testosterone will disrupt and lengthen their growing period. That's why nose, ear, and eyebrow hair can reach troll-doll proportions without regular trimming as we age
It is true that testosterone causes hair to grow in the beard, underarms etc and it causes hair to shrink on the scalp, which develops into hair loss or hair thinning. However, older men have less T-level (losing about 1%/year after the age of 30 - see my previous post) so the facial hairiness in old men and less hair on the top is more due to hair lifecycle than an increase in T level.
It is true that testosterone causes hair to grow in the beard, underarms etc and it causes hair to shrink on the scalp, which develops into hair loss or hair thinning. However, older men have less T-level (losing about 1%/year after the age of 30 - see my previous post) so the facial hairiness in old men and less hair on the top is more due to hair lifecycle than an increase in T level.
Thanks for the explaination. I thought it had something to do with the fact that as I grow older, I like my food more spicy with hot chile peppers !
The explanation that I heard, and has always rung true is not that men become feminine, but that men (and women) become more balanced, taking on some of the strengths of their counterparts. Maturity and wisdom bring the sexes closer together.
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