Genetic Test for Hair loss

[CarlLee]

Hi I stumbled upon a company that performs a genetic test for hair loss:


http://www.hairdx.com/en-us/FinasterideTestMale.aspx


this test is to determine if propecia would be effective on a person


http://www.hairdx.com/en-us/GeneticTestMale.aspx


this test is to determine that risk of hair loss (chance of male pattern baldness).


What does everyone think?

 

[Kuit]

How does it work?

Thanks for the information!

 

[Quantum Cat]

I thought male pattern baldness was a combination of several different (some unknown) genes and other hereditary factors. I'm skeptical that they can do a test to determine whether you definetely will go bald or not, let alone when and how rapidly and to what extent

 

[BlackSheep]

The genome testing service 23andMe tells you whether you're at an increased risk of male pattern balding. The thing is, more than one gene codes for 5aR among other things. So the patterns you see with people who've tested isn't clear cut. I carry an "increased risk" of male pattern baldness but one person I have in mind, who is completely bald, supposedly isn't. And I'm the one with an intact hairline, not them.

 

[konfusion]

I carry an "increased risk" of male pattern baldness but one person I have in mind, who is completely bald, supposedly isn't.

Did this person which you mentioned take the test? If they did and the test showed they were not at increased risk then this test must be no more than bs.
On the other hand even if it works efficiently, I think it is for younger individuals who do not yet show symptoms of male pattern baldness. If you show the symptoms why do you need the test? It is obvious.

 

[BlackSheep]

Well konfusion, 23andMe also covers other health traits and ancestry data, so the bald person in question presumably went for those things. There is a very clear picture of them on their profile and the typical male pattern of very extensive hair loss around the centre of their scalp is obvious.

I think it just shows how male pattern baldness involves more than the one "major" gene implicated here.

 

[DoctorHouse]

I did this test and it said I had the gene for balding and I was going to be a poor responder to Propecia. So far my balding gene has not expressed itself like it did for my dad.

 

[Fena2000]

I did the DNA test (23andme). Apperently rs6152 is strongly connected to balding, when I looked on that snp, it showde 'not genotyped'. After doing Some more research , I found rs1385699 to have a really strong to balding, my results for that snp showde double T (Tis that bad allele), which makes sense to me, because women need to have the double copy for it to have it. There's also another snp that shows if you're going to bald before 40, of course I have a double bad copy for that one too, Uggh. I also have a very high risk for heartdisease and prostate cancer (of course I won't that), which are related to baldness. I'm not a very lucky person when it comes to genetics.