Are you losing your hair before your relatives did?

[indopacisailfish]

Hi, i'm 28 been losing my hair since 19. I couldn't help notice my father didn't begin losing his hair until he was forty. And my grandfather passed away with lots of hair. My father isn't fully bald yet but at 65 he has much less hair than when my grandfather was 80! Is it just me or is today's generation losing their hair earlier and earlier? When did you begin losing your hair and when did your parents beging losing your hair?

thanks for your responses.

 

[VWdude]

sad.. but it is true for me aswell.

 

[YoungAndThin]

sad but true for me also.

dad started loss in his mid 40's.
and here I am starting at 21

 

[VWdude]

started probably when i was 20.. im 22 now. sucks ballz....

 

[iamnaked]

No - I think I'm bang on time. Pictures of my half-brother indicate that he was looking kind of thin at the same age as me.

 

[Guest]

There is a trend where men are losing their hair at a much earlier age. There has to be an underlying reason for this that no one as of yet has found the answer. Yes DHT plays a part, but I believe that something else is triggering the DHT affect.

I think that ingredients in food also have a massive impact. At the end of the day we all eat the same types of food that contain all types of additives. These same additives are generally used across all types of foods. Maybe if you went back 200 years. I wonder what % of young men lost hair in there 20's.

It would be very interesting indeed to know this....

 

[Mickey]

I too believe that part of it is down to our diets and more stress in todays society which brings on male pattern baldness at a younger or faster pace.

 

[Guest]

It could well be the onset of evolution.

 

[biff]

It could be something to do with all the additives they put in food these days. Personally, I am holding onto my hair longer than my dad. He went bald in his early twenties but he puts it down to having a skinhead in the army and being stationed in a hot country where he got sunburn on his head. This could have damaged the folicles and sped up things. I'm now in my late twenties and still have quite a bit of hair but it has thinned out quite a bit. I'm not sure when my grandad went bald.

 

[iamnaked]

The gene for male pattern baldness is dominant. This means that the more generations we have, the more likely it is for a randomly selected person to have the gene for male pattern baldness. Why this might make people go bald younger is in the fact that if you have male pattern baldness genes from your mum and your dad, you'll probably lose it faster than members from either side of your family.

 

[Trent]

almost no male pattern baldness in my family, dad is thinning some now at age 53. all uncles have full heads. both my gradfathers do. i guess my great grandpa was bald, maybe that's where this is coming from, skipping two generations :-(

 

[Greg1]

Very good post and question! That I remember, my Dad started thinning when he was 30 or so and almost had a shiny top by the time he was 40. Interesting that you should point this out as I remember starting to thin in my early twenties as well and then it really picked up when I hit my 30s. Thankfully though, after being proactive in treating my hairloss, I've been able to stop it's spread and am at present, maintaining :wink:

 

[fritz96]

Later in my case. My brother and Grandfather were N4s by 30, I still had a full head of hair at 34.

 

[chewbaca]

Later in my case. My brother and Grandfather were N4s by 30, I still had a full head of hair at 34.

I think conclusions cant be made that the current generation losing hair faster than their forefathers....

 

[Johnny24601]

re:

There is no scientific evidence to prove or disprove this theory but I believe men are going bald at an earlier age. Growth hormones (negatively effecting testosterone levels in males) used in today's livestock and the faster pace of our society causing our bodies to "feel" more aged are the causes in my opinion. This is all speculation.........

 

[hardcastle]

My derm told me that hair loss comes on earlier in successive generations. My dad's hair didn't start thinning before he was in his mid-40s. I got it over twenty years earlier than he did. Both my grandfathers were apparently bald by 40 though.

...this is the same derm who told me that Propecia works by enlarging the blood vessels to the follicles, though, so I wouldn't put a lot of stock in what he says alone.

 

[indopacisailfish]

Yeah it really bothers me because I look back at my dad's old pictures and my grandfathers... I wish I had his 60 year old hairline! There is a lot more stress today then before and I do agree that today's diet consisting of preservatives and chemicals is causing an earlier onset of male pattern baldness. My hairline is on rate to look like my dad's current hairline at 65 when I am 36.

 

[Fallout Boy]

Same with me losing early.

i started at around 17 ..my dad started at around 30 i believe.

 

[Wezz]

who fuckin cares,


in the end u got this male pattern baldness sh*t