Can us start losing your hair before your through puberty?

[Iwmyk]

Hi

Im 18 years old and in a very early stage of hairloss i think and its bearly noticble. I only really see it when i feel my hair and doesnt have the vollume. I used to be able to make it stand upright by just draging my hand through it. Now it tends to fall down and it feel kind of soft.

So i thought its better to start reversing it now when i still got enough hair to not look like ive lost any.

Now i was pretty late to hit puberty and im still not through i think fot instance i cant grow a beard and rarly have to shave and i also think i look a bit younger than i am to people so when i read this about propecia i got a bit confised:

"The result of this interaction forms the more potent sexual hormone known as DHT (Dihydrotestosterone). DHT plays a primary role in proper sexual organ development during the fetal stage of life, as well as the proper development of secondary male characteristics during puberty"

So what does this mean? That im not experiencing real hairloss? Or that i am but just cant use this product beacuse it would interfeer with my pubery?

Another strange thing is that my hair has changed in only 2 and a half months. isnt it suppoed to take longer? Also ive got very few relatives thats bald, only my monthers fathers brother and maybe one of my mothers mothers brothers ( sorry just wanted it to be clear wohc side of th family i ment) Although they and me are almost the only ones with curly hair.

 

[HairlossTalk]

Re: Can us start losing your hair before your through pubert

Im 18 years old and in a very early stage of hairloss i think

Are you sure you're losing hair and not just worrying about losing hair? Going by the rest of your post, this is the real question you need to ask yourself.

I only really see it when i feel my hair and doesnt have the vollume.

So technically, you aren't seeing anything. You just have limp hair days. Very common for hot humid summer days.

I used to be able to make it stand upright by just draging my hand through it. Now it tends to fall down and it feel kind of soft.

Not an indicator of hair loss. Limpness, yes. Limpness in the absence of any actual thinning? No.

So i thought its better to start reversing it now when i still got enough hair to not look like ive lost any.

Probably not a good idea. The moral of the story with hair loss treatments is you do *not* want to start on them until you absolutely have to. These things dont work for everyone, and when they do, they dont work forever. If you ever do start losing your hair, which I dont believe you are yet, you are going to want to make it several years on whatever treatment you start. Starting now before anything is showing, and you're not even sure yourself, is not advised.

Now i was pretty late to hit puberty and im still not through

Bingo. If you are just finishing up puberty, your hair is going to change. That is part of puberty. The hairline and quality and density of hair changes as you go from a little kid to a ... um .. .teen ... and again when you are in your mid 20's as you go from a teen to a man. This can all happen without any "traditional" male pattern baldness that ever gets bad.

So what does this mean?

Secondary male characteristics. Thats what I was referring to above. Body hair. Change in scalp hair. Facial hair. Deeper voice. Normal. Dont worry about it.

Here is a tip: The day you wake up with 200 hairs on your pillow practically blanketing the pillow and clogging up your shower drain to the point that you are ankle deep in water after only 10 mins in the shower ... falling all over your hands while you are typing .... this is the day you should start to consider Propecia.

My best advice to you right now: Take several high quality well lit photos of your hair from every angle, wet and dry. Save them on your computer and keep them. Review your hair 12 months from now. Most likely you will look exactly the same in a year. If not, you have your answer, and you can begin Propecia+Nizoral.

I don't suggest taking treatments before you're sure you're losing your hair.

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[Iwmyk]

Ok thanks for the advice! Il make sure to take som pics.

Although i didnt think more hairs falling off very a sign of male pattern baldness i thought that they just stopped growing out as good and got smaller?

anyway thanks!

 

[jimbojones001]

hey man im in the exact same situation as you. im only 19 and my hair seems fine and doesnt seem like im balding but my hair certain feels different.

i was also able to make my hair stand up while going through my hair with my hands but now it goes back down. my hair feels softer and more fine.

is your hair short or long? my hair is around 5-7cm long so maybe thats why it falls down...i like my hair short

 

[Iwmyk]

My hair is pretty long now although i used to have it shorter and it still felt different and ive noticed ive bee shedding some small fine hair isnt that a sign of male pattern baldness?

 

[global]

Everyone loses a few hundred hairs every day anyway, and hair can shed for many reasons i.e. seasonal, stress etc so dont worry about male pattern baldness until you actually have definite thinning or temple recession.

 

[Armando Jose]

Study regarding hair loss before puberty

A recent report:

Androgenetic alopecia in children: report of 20 cases
A. Tosti, M. Iorizzo and B.M. Piraccini


British Journal of Dermatology 2005 152, pp556–559

Summary:
Androgenetic alopecia (Androgenetic Alopecia) is the most common type of hair loss in adults. Although there are differences in the age at onset, the disease starts after puberty when enough testosterone is available to be transformed into dihydrotestosterone. We report 20 prepubertal children with Androgenetic Alopecia, 12 girls and eight boys, age range 6–10 years, observed over the last 4 years. All had normal physical development.
Clinical examination showed hair loss with thinning and widening of
the central parting of the scalp, both in boys and girls. In eight cases frontal accentuation and breach of frontal hairline were also present. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by pull test, trichogram and dermoscopy in all cases, and by scalp biopsy performed in six cases. There was a strong family history of Androgenetic Alopecia in all patients. The onset of Androgenetic Alopecia is not expected to be seen in prepubertal patients without abnormal androgen levels. A common feature observed in our series of
children with Androgenetic Alopecia was a strong genetic predisposition to the disease. Although the pathogenesis remains speculative, endocrine evaluation and a strict follow-up are strongly recommended.


Armando