hair loss question

[john racello]

Hi, I am new to this site. I just have a couple of questions regarding hairloss. I just want to know what to know what are my chances of going bald. I will give my ginetic trait.

I am 22 years old with thick hair, but my hairline is in the mature shape hairline, a little like an m shape. It is not noticiable at all, unless I am infront of the mirror, and i pull my hair really back.

My father is 52 years old and still has very thick hair all around accept a bald spot in the crown. He developed the bald spot between the ages of 44-50.

My 2 uncles from my dads side(my dads brothers) have all their hair and it is still thick. One is 44, and the other is 49.

My dads father (my paternal grandfather) died at age 65, but he stil had very very thick hair and not a single grey.

Now my mothers side

My 3 uncles from my moms side, 2 of them lost there hair and one of them is 72 and still has his hair.

my moms father(maternal grandfather) lost his hair


Given all these factors, what are my chances of losing my hair?

Thank you

 

[spinner2]

62.3214214124213%

 

[Wash n' Gone]

Probably 50/50. The genetics is complicated, but from what I have read it is 51/49 to come from your mother.

 

[Sean68]

the only way to assess it is to look at your own. unless everyone in your family is bald or has a full head of hair its impossible to say with any
certainty.

 

[john racello]

Is it always the case of maternal grandad is bald then you will too?

 

[Wash n' Gone]

No it isn't. You can get the gene from your mum or your dad. It increases your chances, obviously.

 

[john racello]

oh i see. so from what I said then I have a 50/50 chance of being completely bald? if so what age should it start?

 

[s.a.f]

start what? Until you see real evidence that you are losing your hair you dont need to do anything.

 

[RaginDemon]

start what? Until you see real evidence that you are losing your hair you dont need to do anything.

so true. It amuses me to see people are worrying because of nothing.

 

[Hairbank]

There's no way to tell whether or not you will loose your hair............period. Mothers Father, Father's Father.........makes no difference. Unless you could actually label your genetic makeup and identify the "balding" gene, and whether or not you inherited it, you can't predict hair loss.