Autumn Sundown
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Hairloss is pretty common on my dad's side of the family. By common, I mean every guy had some very noticable hairloss by 18.
My grandfather was a NW2.5 at 20 (that's the earliest picture I can find of him)
My father was a NW1.5 (maybe closer to NW2) at 18, NW3 by 25 and NW5 by 32.
One uncle was a NW2 at 17 and pretty close to a NW6 by 27.
My other uncle was the same.
My aunt has 2 sons, both of which had some deep recession at 18 and were NW3 by 25.
My mother's side is much better. Most men keep very thick hair all their lives. A few men on my grandmother's side had a little thinning in their late 50's.
I'm 19 with a juvenile hairline (not uncommon for my mother's side of the family) and no thinning anywhere. I check every hair that I find and they all seem to be the same thickness all the way through. I don't have much shedding either. I lose at most 2 hairs in the shower and notice maybe another 2 or 3 falling out over the rest of the day.
My question is: have I dodged the bullet? I know there's no way to know for sure, but would you say there's a good chance I got this gene from my mother's side? I was told on a different forum that with hairloss that common on my dad's side there's no way I was going to escape it so I've been horrified for several years over it.
My grandfather was a NW2.5 at 20 (that's the earliest picture I can find of him)
My father was a NW1.5 (maybe closer to NW2) at 18, NW3 by 25 and NW5 by 32.
One uncle was a NW2 at 17 and pretty close to a NW6 by 27.
My other uncle was the same.
My aunt has 2 sons, both of which had some deep recession at 18 and were NW3 by 25.
My mother's side is much better. Most men keep very thick hair all their lives. A few men on my grandmother's side had a little thinning in their late 50's.
I'm 19 with a juvenile hairline (not uncommon for my mother's side of the family) and no thinning anywhere. I check every hair that I find and they all seem to be the same thickness all the way through. I don't have much shedding either. I lose at most 2 hairs in the shower and notice maybe another 2 or 3 falling out over the rest of the day.
My question is: have I dodged the bullet? I know there's no way to know for sure, but would you say there's a good chance I got this gene from my mother's side? I was told on a different forum that with hairloss that common on my dad's side there's no way I was going to escape it so I've been horrified for several years over it.
