Male pattern baldness is a recessive trait carried on the X chromosome. This is why women less often get it - they have two X chromosomes and must inherit a double-recessive genotype for it to manifest. A male, though, will exhibit male pattern baldness in the far more probable case that his only X chromosome carries the recessive allele. This X chromosome always comes from the mother, which means that a man who has male pattern baldness can only have inherited it from his mother's side of the family.
There are a couple caveats, however. One is that your mother has two X chromosomes and only got one of them from her father, meaning that there is only a 50% chance that a male shares the same X chromosome as his maternal grandfather. The other 50% of the time, it will instead have come from the maternal grandmother (who probably doesn't exhibit the trait, unless she is double-recessive). A woman who exhibits male pattern baldness has inherited it from both her mother and her father, and will always pass it on to every one of her sons.
The second caveat is that male pattern baldness is not the only reason that males can go bald. There are other genetic and/or environmental reasons that people can lose their hair.
So, it isn't a myth that men inherit baldness from their maternal grandfathers, although it isn't the only possibility.
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I'm losing my hair and I don't know what to do about it! My dad is 51 and he basically has all of his hair. I'm not exactly a healthy eater but its not like I just eat crap all the time. It'd be a lot better if I was going grey instead.
Alopecia, eh. It's not solely diet (of environmental factors; latter day), it's not solely genetics (former day); it's a cop-out answer but it's a combination, of unknown proportions, of various factors.
If you're that concerned, do research into it and try to slow (or speed up; some think bald is a better look than a daggy mop of hair) its progression. For health other than hair, quit eating crap; it'd probably be better for your wallet and your well-being.
You could go for hairstyles that alter the perception of your relative dearth of hair, say, the mohawk(?).
That and a suit, I don't know what it is with women and a sharp dressed man but they like it a lot.
yep: shave it all, work out, dress sharp...
And no facial hair (or you will tend to look aggressive and hard, which is only OK if you want to limit your girl opportunities to a narrower range). Bald and fit already tends to make you look a tad on the aggressive side anyway.
Also do NOT shave your eyebrows. Consider darkening them if they are really light (bald guys with very light eyebrows look like Uncle Fester or Jared Loughner. You definitely want to distance yourself from that look).
I wouldn't worry about it if I were you, it happens to almost everyone at some point. I'm 20 and although I'm not losing it on the top of my head (no bald spot) I have a really high hairline up front. Balding runs in my family, my dad ended up shaving his head about 15 years ago because he was losing it so fast, and my brother has alopecia and was completely bald by the time he was 12 or so (he's 16 now).
I would say man up and live with it, or shave your head. I wouldn't use Rogaine, once you start you have to keep doing it for years, and it's expensive.
I've been really worried about this since I learned baldness is inherited through the mother's family, since my mom's brothers and father were balding as far back as I can remember, I think they started in their early 20's or something. I'm 21 now and so far haven't noticed any receding hairline though I haven't paid much attention. Being bald is not something I plan to do, ever, and combovers look god-awful. Only thing to do now is hope that I defy the laws of genetics!
I've been really worried about this since I learned baldness is inherited through the mother's family, since my mom's brothers and father were balding as far back as I can remember, I think they started in their early 20's or something. I'm 21 now and so far haven't noticed any receding hairline though I haven't paid much attention. Being bald is not something I plan to do, ever, and combovers look god-awful. Only thing to do now is hope that I defy the laws of genetics!
My mom's dad is bald but he's also really old. He was in the military when he was younger so its hard to tell how much hair he would have had at my age. I figure if it doesn't start falling out before it greys I don't have to worry about it.
I say that because my hair typically behaves in thickness, texture like my father who is not bald (he's 62).
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I'm losing my hair and I don't know what to do about it! My dad is 51 and he basically has all of his hair. I'm not exactly a healthy eater but its not like I just eat crap all the time. It'd be a lot better if I was going grey instead.
Time to go Stone Cold Steve Austin with it. That's the bottom line.
My advice, if you are balding, is to grow out a big-ass beard like Kerry King, then shave the top of your head. Assuming you have any body weight whatsoever (ie: assuming you're not some 130lb twig-man), you'll look like the biggest hard-ass on the block. Get ready to score the broads, buddy.
That's an absolute myth. Oh, and another fun fact on human biology, all men's hairlines recede once again between ages 50-60.
Oh really?
Because your grandfather HAS donated an X chromosome to your mother, who is the source for your X chromosome, he is an excellent choice for the phenotypical representation of the region Xq11-q12, which is associated with male baldness.
That being said, genetics is much more complicated, and other proteins are associated with male pattern baldness.
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Honestly be comfortable with your appearance. I'm 21, and I have several friends whose hairlines are receding. My uncle was bald at 22. Live with it, and you'll get used to it. Think of it like a haircut. If you don't like it, then you can resort to other methods.
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I'm losing my hair and I don't know what to do about it! My dad is 51 and he basically has all of his hair. I'm not exactly a healthy eater but its not like I just eat crap all the time. It'd be a lot better if I was going grey instead.
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Rather than trying to hide it (which will only get ridiculed), either get to confidence to not give a s* about what other people think, or shave your head, or both.
Same here. In fact ever since I shaved it all off I had a much better track record in dating than before. I had more confidence and wasn't so obsessed with my hair. Some gals love the look!
Sinking a bunch of money into chemicals and drugs that won't work really isn't worth it when you can buy a $30 shaver and own it for years.
A lot of girls I know (myself included) think a shaved head is so much sexier than most other men's hairstyles. The only con to being with a guy with a shaved head is you can't grab their hair...but that's a small price to pay for being with someone that looks sexy as hell to you.
Little you can do about it. I would recommend shaving all your hair once it thins out enough. Being bald looks better than a comb-over or any attempts to cover it up.
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if this were the 1970s or 1980s when all you had was rubbing prostesterone or estradiol (they work to an extent but they are outclassed today) into your head or massaging your scalp I'd agree, but it's not. we actually have real medical treatments for androgenetic alopecia.
antiandrogens or compounds which interfere with androgenic action in the body can maintain hair indefinitely (finasteride, dutasteride, spironolactone, or the more esoteric RU 58841, ASC-J9, CB-03-01), and many non antiandrogenic compounds such as prostaglandin analogues, proteasome inhibitors, and minoxidil can cause growth of hair. alone or in combination with some of these other compounds you can maintain your hairs state indefinitely, and sometimes regrow some hair, or at least hugely slow down your balding rate.
and better (read: ones with no potential for sexual side effects) treatments are just over the horizon (Histogen gave single treatment of scalp injections which produced positive gains in hair which last for at least a year with no repeated treatment applications.. compare this to finasterid which must be taken daily in order to maintain effect... 1/ per yr, compared to 356/ per yr is a huge improvement)
caught early i've known guys who maintained norwood 1-2 for over a decade, and plenty more who halted their hair loss at later stages with adequate medical treatment.
a few decades ago it was a genetic fate that you'd bald if you were disposed to it, but it no longer is with current science/medicine
Bald look works well if you have a good body. Bald and chubby makes you look far older than you are.
That and a suit, I don't know what it is with women and a sharp dressed man but they like it a lot.
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No, it isn't.
Male pattern baldness is a recessive trait carried on the X chromosome. This is why women less often get it - they have two X chromosomes and must inherit a double-recessive genotype for it to manifest. A male, though, will exhibit male pattern baldness in the far more probable case that his only X chromosome carries the recessive allele. This X chromosome always comes from the mother, which means that a man who has male pattern baldness can only have inherited it from his mother's side of the family.
There are a couple caveats, however. One is that your mother has two X chromosomes and only got one of them from her father, meaning that there is only a 50% chance that a male shares the same X chromosome as his maternal grandfather. The other 50% of the time, it will instead have come from the maternal grandmother (who probably doesn't exhibit the trait, unless she is double-recessive). A woman who exhibits male pattern baldness has inherited it from both her mother and her father, and will always pass it on to every one of her sons.
The second caveat is that male pattern baldness is not the only reason that males can go bald. There are other genetic and/or environmental reasons that people can lose their hair.
So, it isn't a myth that men inherit baldness from their maternal grandfathers, although it isn't the only possibility.
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Alopecia, eh. It's not solely diet (of environmental factors; latter day), it's not solely genetics (former day); it's a cop-out answer but it's a combination, of unknown proportions, of various factors.
If you're that concerned, do research into it and try to slow (or speed up; some think bald is a better look than a daggy mop of hair) its progression. For health other than hair, quit eating crap; it'd probably be better for your wallet and your well-being.
You could go for hairstyles that alter the perception of your relative dearth of hair, say, the mohawk(?).
And no facial hair (or you will tend to look aggressive and hard, which is only OK if you want to limit your girl opportunities to a narrower range). Bald and fit already tends to make you look a tad on the aggressive side anyway.
Also do NOT shave your eyebrows. Consider darkening them if they are really light (bald guys with very light eyebrows look like Uncle Fester or Jared Loughner. You definitely want to distance yourself from that look).
I would say man up and live with it, or shave your head. I wouldn't use Rogaine, once you start you have to keep doing it for years, and it's expensive.
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My mom's dad is bald but he's also really old. He was in the military when he was younger so its hard to tell how much hair he would have had at my age. I figure if it doesn't start falling out before it greys I don't have to worry about it.
I say that because my hair typically behaves in thickness, texture like my father who is not bald (he's 62).
In my case, it does seem to hold up.
I didn't ask when my mom's dad started balding b/c ignorance is bliss.
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You can read more about it on websites like thebaldtruth.com
You'd have to check with your GP though it if it's suitable for your hairloss pattern.
Oh really?
Because your grandfather HAS donated an X chromosome to your mother, who is the source for your X chromosome, he is an excellent choice for the phenotypical representation of the region Xq11-q12, which is associated with male baldness.
That being said, genetics is much more complicated, and other proteins are associated with male pattern baldness.
On topic-
Honestly be comfortable with your appearance. I'm 21, and I have several friends whose hairlines are receding. My uncle was bald at 22. Live with it, and you'll get used to it. Think of it like a haircut. If you don't like it, then you can resort to other methods.
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btw, spironolactone is a much more potent drug for suppressing androgen, if you don't care about being feminine and erectile dysfunction.
Same here. In fact ever since I shaved it all off I had a much better track record in dating than before. I had more confidence and wasn't so obsessed with my hair. Some gals love the look!
Sinking a bunch of money into chemicals and drugs that won't work really isn't worth it when you can buy a $30 shaver and own it for years.
Indeed.
A lot of girls I know (myself included) think a shaved head is so much sexier than most other men's hairstyles. The only con to being with a guy with a shaved head is you can't grab their hair...but that's a small price to pay for being with someone that looks sexy as hell to you.
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in b4 necromancy, but this is false.
in fact the overall luddism of these responses is pretty outdated.
if this were the 1970s or 1980s when all you had was rubbing prostesterone or estradiol (they work to an extent but they are outclassed today) into your head or massaging your scalp I'd agree, but it's not. we actually have real medical treatments for androgenetic alopecia.
antiandrogens or compounds which interfere with androgenic action in the body can maintain hair indefinitely (finasteride, dutasteride, spironolactone, or the more esoteric RU 58841, ASC-J9, CB-03-01), and many non antiandrogenic compounds such as prostaglandin analogues, proteasome inhibitors, and minoxidil can cause growth of hair. alone or in combination with some of these other compounds you can maintain your hairs state indefinitely, and sometimes regrow some hair, or at least hugely slow down your balding rate.
and better (read: ones with no potential for sexual side effects) treatments are just over the horizon (Histogen gave single treatment of scalp injections which produced positive gains in hair which last for at least a year with no repeated treatment applications.. compare this to finasterid which must be taken daily in order to maintain effect... 1/ per yr, compared to 356/ per yr is a huge improvement)
caught early i've known guys who maintained norwood 1-2 for over a decade, and plenty more who halted their hair loss at later stages with adequate medical treatment.
a few decades ago it was a genetic fate that you'd bald if you were disposed to it, but it no longer is with current science/medicine
I went to the dermatologist; I had developed Alopecia. They gave me a liquid steroid to rub on affect areas and my hair grew back.
Just something to consider if you feel its occuring abnormally.
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