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Bones respond directly to testosterone, as do many other male tissues: testosterone produces the strong, large muscles, deep voice, facial and body hair, sex drive, and tendency toward aggressiveness that characterize the male gender by acting directly on a man's organs and tissues. But the prostate and the scalp's hair follicles are a bit different. To affect these organs, testosterone must first be converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). In turn, DHT stimulates the prostate and stuns the scalp hair, producing unwelcome changes in many men.
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