Can You Get male pattern baldness From Your Grandma Herself!?

[JohnSmith21]

So NO men in my family are bald or balding. But my grandma had severe hair loss for as long as I can remember. Can you inherit the baldness gene from your grandma? I’m not talking her male siblings or mothers side, I’m talking about a woman herself. Very confusing. Right now I’m on finasteride and probably a Norwood 1.5-2 but I’m not really maintaining and I’ve been on for about 13 months.

 

[baba_yaga]

It does not matter that much where u got male pattern baldness from. Whats concerning is loosing ground on finasteride. If u have before and after photos post them here.

 

[JohnSmith21]

It does not matter that much where u got male pattern baldness from. Whats concerning is loosing ground on finasteride. If u have before and after photos post them here.

Feel like photos don’t do justice. I was more Norwood 1 when I started finasteride and now I’m more Norwood 2. Hair feels a little thinner too. And my male pattern baldness isn’t aggressive and I still have a lot of hair. Just not maintaining

 

[pegasus2]

Feel like photos don’t do justice. I was more Norwood 1 when I started finasteride and now I’m more Norwood 2. Hair feels a little thinner too. And my male pattern baldness isn’t aggressive and I still have a lot of hair. Just not maintaining

I'm going to get slammed for this by the autists, but I'm going to give it to you straight. Get off finasteride and get on dutasteride. It is a lot more effective and has the same safety profile. Start minoxidil and microneedling. Ketoconazole shampoo 2-3x/week. That's the big four, and it should allow you to maintain and regrow some of what you've lost. Also, take care of any environmental factors contributing to your hair loss. Androgenetic Alopecia is 70-80% genetic, so that leaves a good bit of room for lifestyle changes to make an effect. Don't be overweight, don't smoke, don't take steroids, no excessive sexual activity, and avoid any unnecessary stress. If you follow all this advice and you don't maintain then you have some really really bad genes.

 

[whatintheworld]

You don't need to inherit it, your genes can mutate randomly to get it. No one in my family went bald either, I'm the first going back to any great grandfather I have and beyond.

 

[xaragedom]

I would say that you can have balding from your grandmother, let say that she could pass her balding gene through X chromosome(androgen receptor genes are on X chromosomes which are linked to balding) to your mother and because women have 2 X chromosomes(1 from father and 1 from mother) and one of them is "shut down" randomly in certain tissues, so your mother dosent have to be bald. And she can pass that X chromosomes(with balding gene) to you + environmental factor. Plus the chromosome doesnt have to be X chromosome, any other thats has balding genes could be. Plus mutation.

 

[DerDon]

you can have the genes from every part of your family. My father, his brothers, my brother, my cousins maternal side, no one of them is balding. No one! And then theres me, 28 years old balding like crazy.