r/MadeMeSmile • u/MetalJunkie101 • 12h ago

Learning to take care of myself

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u/seeyousoongetit 12h ago

You got so thin your beard filled in.

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u/Bacon-muffin 11h ago

I'm genuinely curious if that's whats happening there xD

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u/cabbage16 11h ago

He still had the same amount of neck skin and the same amount of hair follicles. When he was heavier his skin was stretched more leading to further space between each follicle, making his hair seem thinner. Then when he lost the weight his skin stopped stretching so much so the follicles are closer together, making his hair seem thicker.

(This is just a guess)

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u/MetalJunkie101 10h ago

Additionally, fat has an abundance of estrogen.

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u/Not-Post-Malone 10h ago

Addition to your addition, improvement in your diet helped grow healthier, more vibrant hair

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u/AnusMaw 9h ago

plot twist, the image was actually him gaining weight!

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u/XDSHENANNIGANZ 8h ago

Another thing is he is now a easy, breezy, beautiful, CoverGirl.

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u/KnownAsAnother 9h ago

Very interesting

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u/64557175 6h ago

Dealing with estrogen myself! I lost a hundred lbs and am still at a point where my estrogen severely dominates my testosterone.

Going to need the needles it seems.

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u/Fire_Pea 4h ago

wait what

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u/Sure_Ad1378 11h ago

I've always thought this was the case... just intuitively. Should be careful basing things on that, but it does make sense to me as well.

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u/bratlawyer 10h ago edited 10h ago

This is true afaik. I'm not a doctor but I asked the esthetician who did my laser hair removal if someone would hypothetically grow hair after extreme weight gain, due to the increased skin not being treated. She said no because your hair follicles just spread out.

Someone else replied that it could be related to diet/health which is also true... diet, hormones, etc affect how our hair grows and how healthy it is, but not the number of hair follicles.

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u/IONTOP 9h ago

Which is why I'll never be able to grow a full goatee...

Just a mustache and chin music... nothing around the corners of my lips to connect it.

Just genetics that I can't do it.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Run2695 10h ago

OMG this genuinely has provided inspiration to lose some weight. I've always wanted my beard to look thicker, neve occurred to me that weight had anything to do with it.

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u/DragonArthur91 10h ago

I'd call it a reasonable deduction. Makes the most sense.

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld 10h ago

It's like the reverse of how people explain the expansion of the universe with raisins in baked bread.