Rapid hair & nail growth with drug use

[sylenth]

pre warning, smurf is no brain terms expert... drugs seems to have kept the swimmers general growth down from a young age. was curious to the effects of ones hair growth whilst on various forms of gravy... it was noted with swimmers facial hairs along with finger & toe nails that they grew quicker whilst on substances. smurf thinks it might just be that the swimmers he knows & sweyself just do'nt pay much attention to when last they cut & trimmed. but at the same time they pretty convinced that it does grow quicker while under the influences from noting durations between intervals. they are self aware to their hygiene & appearance & it appears to grow quicker when swimming & alot slower when not swimming...

the gravy they used most often was cocaine & amphetamines.

found this article here http://www.tips-for-hair.com/category/Treatment-for-Hair-Growth.html

Hair loss has been a sensitive problem for men, since times immemorial. The two main causes of hair loss in men are genetics and hormonal imbalances. 95% of men suffer from androgenetic alopecia or male pattern hair loss. But now the scientists have found out that the major cause of hair loss is DHT (dihydrotestostrone).

How DHT affects hair loss: DHT is a male hormone that plays an important role in the development of men in the initial stages. But it also has an adverse effect on the male hairline. It results in the shrinkage of hair follicle till it is unable to generate any new hair. Higher the level of DHT means smaller the size of hair follicle. In the end, the hair follicle becomes so small that no new hair grows. Hair follows a cycle of expansion, falling out and new expansion. With high levels of DHT, the time for expansion and falling out phases is reduced. This causes the hair on the scalp to thin.

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here's some more info http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9800E7D6103CF933A2575 3C1A9669C8B63

Scientists Say Aging May Result From Brain's Hormonal Signals.

By NICHOLAS WADE
Published: October 10, 2000
Could it be that aging, like puberty and menopause, is a programmed life-cycle event set off by hormonal signals from the brain?

A new study suggests that in the laboratory roundworm, and maybe people too, youthfulness is maintained by hormonal signals from the brain. When the neurons that transmit the signal suffer damage from the wear and tear of normal metabolism, the youthfulness signal fails, and the body's tissues all lapse into senescence at about the same time.

The theory that aging is a programmed, hormonal event has been proposed before, but the new study, by Dr. Gary Ruvkun and colleagues at Harvard Medical School, seems to present the most detailed support of it so far.

so with this said & proven could there be the possibilities that the signals from the brain that alters, controls or creates the hormone is changed/damaged or prolonged from recreational drugs swimmers take? it appears to alter the chemistry in the brain to change the regular patterns & cycles to irregular patterns & create new possibilities? smurf has always believed drugs has kept him & others young 'physically & spiritiually' compared to alot of other non drug users. not counting heavy abuse

as for the hair...we all know hair growth drugs are available on the market... possibly sciencests have over looked or not allowed recreational drugs as an alternative to hair growth, as it's not a natural alternative for consumers.

any one noticed the same or any facts from scientific/medical research, theories & ideas?

[PingoTango]

When under the influence of stimulants, it is easy to fixate on and become obsessed with matters relating to one's appearance.

My typist recalls his time playing bass in a relatively successful band (on the local scene, at least) - before every gig, the speed-addled guitarist would spend hours "fixing" his mohican in front of a mirror - he didn't want a single hair out of place, which was a tantalisingly unattainable goal for someone who never washed his hair and seemed to use butter and WD40 to keep it upright.

The truth is - there was nothing wrong with his hair*, but the amphetamine psychosis was making him think of nothing else, and he would get increasingly frustrated and anxious about imperfections that simply didn't exist


*Except for the bald spot no one dared tell him about.

[sylenth]

yes psychosis can cause these obsessive ways of analysing things, there are some things though that are not always a mind fuck fortunetly. so it seems by 'damage' to the brain as a species evolving constantly, it should be interesting the appearance, intelligence & types of creatures humans evolve in to many many years from now.

[Joel90]

Originally Posted by PingoTango

When under the influence of stimulants, it is easy to fixate on and become obsessed with matters relating to one's appearance.

My typist recalls his time playing bass in a relatively successful band (on the local scene, at least) - before every gig, the speed-addled guitarist would spend hours "fixing" his mohican in front of a mirror - he didn't want a single hair out of place, which was a tantalisingly unattainable goal for someone who never washed his hair and seemed to use butter and WD40 to keep it upright.

The truth is - there was nothing wrong with his hair*, but the amphetamine psychosis was making him think of nothing else, and he would get increasingly frustrated and anxious about imperfections that simply didn't exist


*Except for the bald spot no one dared tell him about.

SWIM once ingested said substances with friends at a house... his boyfriend ended up cutting his brothers hair for SIX hours.

[insomnizombie]

During swims heavy meth use he would stare and pull at his arm hair for hours because it seemed unaturally long. For him meth always made his hair brittle and weak and it would fall out in huge amounts when combed, luckily it did so evenly all around so no ball spots or anything. Though being under huge amounts of stress do to being in a constant paranoid psychosis thinking everyone under the sun was out to get him and thinking his only solution was to kill all his friends and everyone he knew probably added to things. I will say though that swim noticed that smoking meth would make his hair wirey and almost stand on end making it appear fuller and thicker but in the long run damaging it quite alot. But hey small price to pay right?