ethnicity and hairloss

[jblig]

Why is male pattern baldness less commonly seen in people of african descent? Its very rare that you see a black male in his late teens, early twenties losing his hair. The hairline on black males rarely recedes like that of white males. Same biology, right?? If anyone has any idea about this thanks for the input.....

 

[fuzbucket]

that's easy, cuz all the bald black guys shave their heads..... and they're still cool... like the waynes brothers....

this one guy at my work... he was like 20 with NO hair on his head..... and he coulda just shaved his head but he didnt.... wtf..... retard. he looked like a freak of nature.

 

[jblig]

thats true every black male can pull off the shaved head look...

 

[Redbone]

I disagree with your statement, fact is there are less black folks than white folks.

 

[jblig]

this is very true but if you took a sample of both populations, you would find more whites with male pattern baldness than blacks.

 

[20something]

I've read this on a few different Web sites.

Androgenetic Alopecia, or male pattern baldness, is experienced by over 70% of Caucasian men, 50% in Asian men and about 30 to 40% in African Americans. Male Pattern Baldness (male pattern baldness) represents close to 95% of all hair loss among males

Another thing I notice is that a lot of black men seem to retain their teenage hairlines than caucasian. Nothing scientific here, just pure observation.

 

[LactoseFactory]

Where are you guys getting your information? Recalling personal, chance observations is irrelevant to the actual rate of balding among ethnicities. And which website were those figures pulled from?

 

[20something]

I pulled that quote from hairlosswatch:

http://www.hairlosswatch.com/male_p_h_loss.htm

But here is another referenced quote from Medline:

Hoffmann R, Happle R
Eur J Dermatol. 2000;10:410-417

The first signs of androgenetic alopecia (Androgenetic Alopecia) may start to develop with the onset of puberty. The prevalence of progressive Androgenetic Alopecia approaches 50% of Caucasian men and women beyond the age of 40; whereas in Asian, native American and African-American men the prevalence is lower and Androgenetic Alopecia is less severe.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/432496

 

[Guest]

Why is male pattern baldness less commonly seen in people of african descent? Its very rare that you see a black male in his late teens, early twenties losing his hair. The hairline on black males rarely recedes like that of white males. Same biology, right?? If anyone has any idea about this thanks for the input.....

Do you have data on this or is this an opinion?

 

[jblig]

this is simply opinion.

 

[Redbone]

We had this discussion a while back about asians having less male pattern baldness than white's and that did not pan out either.

 

[garthbrooks]

i read that as far as asians go, they had less occurances of male pattern baldness before the 50's (when they started eating more red meat, animal fat, etc.) as a result they grew in height more, but more people began losing their hair. they also have less occurances of prostate cancer than american men. they still find cancer cells in the prostates of dead men, but the cancers progress much less frequently so the problem rears it's head rarer.