Male vs. Female Baldness
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Actually, women have a small percentage of DHT from what I've read, not that this isn't extremely one-sided. male pattern baldness is a b**ch compared to FPB. Hell, if a female has FPB she's either pretty unhealthy or almost dead anyway. Men can lose more than half their hair before age 20. Damn!
Eureka
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GGXX said:
Women can lose their hair as early as 40. You'll note a woman is not a walking corpse at this age.
It's also fashionable for men to shave their heads. And accepted that men often lose their hair. Women can not walk around with visibly noticeable hairloss. Hair is more important to women then it is to men, irregardless of when it initially presents itself.
Also As far As I know health has as much to do with FMB as it does male pattern baldness. Yes it may contribute, but it is not the route cause.
Don't be so insensitive.
s.a.f
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Male and female hairloss are entirely different things and cannot be compared.
Male hairloss/baldness to a noticible degree is fairly common whilst excessive female hairloss is rare.
BTW I was'nt aware that there was such a thing as FPB. I've never seen a woman with either a NW3 type temple recession or a bald crown or a NW6/7 pattern (the classic m.p.b patterns). Their hairloss is usualy either universally diffuse or alopecia type patches.
Female hairloss (like M.P.B) has nothing to do with health.
Male hairloss/baldness to a noticible degree is fairly common whilst excessive female hairloss is rare.
BTW I was'nt aware that there was such a thing as FPB. I've never seen a woman with either a NW3 type temple recession or a bald crown or a NW6/7 pattern (the classic m.p.b patterns). Their hairloss is usualy either universally diffuse or alopecia type patches.
:jackit: :shakehead:GGXX said:
Female hairloss (like M.P.B) has nothing to do with health.
Then I take back what I said, but I don't see how I'm being insensitive. I know it's worse for a woman to lose hair. It's just that it's somewhere around 90+% more common in males, and it's not like it isn't easier for women to find solutions. How much more popular are wigs for men than wigs for women, especially when a hair piece can't cut it (ever saw a black man wear a hair piece?). It is also easier walking around with a wig as a woman than as a man. Two women at my workplace wear pieces, but guess what? It's as acceptible as some men there showing their baldness. Not to mention how men usually are dragged into spending hundreds of more dollars on transplants and drugs (that may fail them), instead of inexpensive, nifty little wigs. So no, it is not harder for women when it comes to hair loss.
Regardless of what % of females have hair loss, the hair is more than say...even a male hair transplant patient, almost always. Come to think of it I find it laughable that there's even a thing called female-pattern baldness. So, when was the last time someone personally saw a female, bald on top and dense on the sides/back, hmm? Probably never. I believe in female hair loss. I don't believe in women with shiny heads unless they have a cancer issue, in which case they would be unhealthy, but hardly ever is there a female Dr. Phil. :dunno:
Finally I think this fits in no particular category, so it probably belongs in off-topic. It should be in the male section as much as it should in the female.
Regardless of what % of females have hair loss, the hair is more than say...even a male hair transplant patient, almost always. Come to think of it I find it laughable that there's even a thing called female-pattern baldness. So, when was the last time someone personally saw a female, bald on top and dense on the sides/back, hmm? Probably never. I believe in female hair loss. I don't believe in women with shiny heads unless they have a cancer issue, in which case they would be unhealthy, but hardly ever is there a female Dr. Phil. :dunno:
Finally I think this fits in no particular category, so it probably belongs in off-topic. It should be in the male section as much as it should in the female.
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FPB has its own Norwood scale and is different in that the thinning stems from the middle of the head. weird thing is i have that pattern. instead of thinning all over top i only have thinning about an inch and half in a line from crown to hairline. any of you guys have the female pattern?
This may be a silly question but man when it comes to hair loss...one wants to be 100% sure...
Is male pattern baldness linked with female hair loss? Meaning in a family with bald guys, is that the same family having females that have the chances of losing some hair on the top? Basically I think it's "follicle vulnerability" that the family has, so even with little to no DHT in the woman's body, follicles are still screwed because they're so damn sensitive.
Is male pattern baldness linked with female hair loss? Meaning in a family with bald guys, is that the same family having females that have the chances of losing some hair on the top? Basically I think it's "follicle vulnerability" that the family has, so even with little to no DHT in the woman's body, follicles are still screwed because they're so damn sensitive.