Health question....

[The Annoyed Man]

Maybe the exercise increased your testosterone level.

I know, huh? My wife was joking that maybe I'm going to grow some chest hair now. I think I have about 6 or 7 of them. I'm not the hairiest guy in the world. I have an "adequate" beard, but I'm not one of those guys who shaves at 7 a.m, and has a 5 o'clock shadow by 9 a.m. I still have a full head of hair, and my hairline has barely receded, if at all. The funny thing is that both of my younger brothers are starting to lose their hair, and both have heavy beards and hairy bodies.

OTH, if I get a hairy body, I might lose the hair on my head. Don't know if I'm ready for that yet.

[The Mad Moderate]

Maybe the exercise increased your testosterone level.

I know, huh? My wife was joking that maybe I'm going to grow some chest hair now. I think I have about 6 or 7 of them. I'm not the hairiest guy in the world. I have an "adequate" beard, but I'm not one of those guys who shaves at 7 a.m, and has a 5 o'clock shadow by 9 a.m. I still have a full head of hair, and my hairline has barely receded, if at all. The funny thing is that both of my younger brothers are starting to lose their hair, and both have heavy beards and hairy bodies.

OTH, if I get a hairy body, I might lose the hair on my head. Don't know if I'm ready for that yet.

Jeff Foxworthy once said "men don't lose hair it just moves other places"

[AJ80]

I'm thinking it's athletes foot.

[The Annoyed Man]

I'm thinking it's athletes foot.

Why not? That's as good a guess as any other explanation.

[Pawpaw]

Earmites!

Knowing TAM, it's more likely to be termites!

[TLE2]

If you figure it out, let me know. I've been white headed for many a year now.

[sugar land dave]

...for some reason, my hair color is starting to come back...

Alright, there's no sense hiding it any longer! Confess you are an alien hybrid.

[The Annoyed Man]

...for some reason, my hair color is starting to come back...

Alright, there's no sense hiding it any longer! Confess you are an alien hybrid.

I grok you.

[Dave2]

...for some reason, my hair color is starting to come back...

Alright, there's no sense hiding it any longer! Confess you are an alien hybrid.

I grok you.

Ewww...

[AJ80]

...for some reason, my hair color is starting to come back...

Alright, there's no sense hiding it any longer! Confess you are an alien hybrid.

I grok you.

To those who don't know, grok is a real word.

[Texas Dan Mosby]

Hair by hair? 'Cause that's what's happening. It's not that my entire beard is changing color all at once, but rather that a few of the hairs have changed color, and new ones are growing in darker.....but not all of them.

The body has an incredible ability to repair itself, and IMO, your increased activity level has contributed to the effectiveness and efficiency of your body as a whole. The sudden appearance of hair pigment may simply be an easily identifiable physical manifestation of improved health as a result of your increased activity level.

Fitness and regular exercise have countless benefits, and IMO, you have improved the conditions within your body that has facilitated the ability of those hair follicles to once again produce the pigment that they once did.

[The Annoyed Man]

TAM aka Benjamin Button :)

Well, either way, I'll likely wind up wetting the bed and crying all night long.

[fickman]

When I first started working out last year, I definitely noticed an acceleration in the thinning of my hair on top. I talked to the doctor and read a lot online, and it seems that for men who are predisposed to male pattern baldness, increased levels of testosterone will certainly increase it's progression.

I still have a full head of hair look to the casual observer, but I got my first top-of-the-head sunburns recently, so I know it's thinning.

My wife and I decided we'd rather I be skinny and bald than overweight with all of its complications and a full head of hair. The only advantage to the latter is that I'd look better in my casket, but I'd probably get to find out a lot earlier.

:)

[lonewolf]

...for some reason, my hair color is starting to come back...

Alright, there's no sense hiding it any longer! Confess you are an alien hybrid.

I grok you.

To those who don't know, grok is a real word.

Grok is used profusely in Robert A. Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land", circa many years ago.