The idea that 50% of men have male pattern baldness has to be wrong!

[jambri]

Seriously, since I noticed my own hairloss, I've been looking at everyone's hairline I can. Since I started doing this last week I would say that AT LEAST 90% of the men I pass in the street on a daily basis have some hairloss problem (NW2+). This is without a doubt.

I have no idea where the 50% figure comes from that I see mentioned all the time, because as far as I'm concerned there is no way that can be right.

 

[ShedMaster]

I agree. Its not only until you start losing for yourself that you pay attention to others hairlines in public that you realize it. Almost obsessively.. :lol:

 

[Justlooking]

I'd say about 80-90% of guys at my work have male pattern baldness.. all age levels. Maybe it's somethign they started putting in the water...

 

[Axon]

It depends what you define as a Norwood 2. Certainly when you realize you're balding, you begin to place people in the male pattern baldness categoy that don't really deserve the moniker. People have claimed to have seen hair loss on the likes of Colin Farrell.

 

[DonaldAnderson]

me too. I thought i was one of the few at my school. Ive discovered even at high school there a decent amount of norwoods ever since i noticed it myself.
And I think it is getting worse each year.

 

[amrod]

i had the worst norwood in my hole school hands down

 

[everysixseconds]

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[hairschmair]

I think it's not unreasonable to say that 100% of men who have normal levels of androgens are affected by male pattern baldness. We all start losing hair after puberty. We just happen to lose it at different speeds.

The 20% in 20s, 30% in 30s statistic must be based on some level of male pattern baldness. Perhaps Norwood 2 or 3, but more likely it's just a made up statistic.

 

[jambri]

I would say that noticeable male pattern baldness has already occurred in 90% of men in their late 20s and 30s, from what I see every day.

 

[global]

I would say that noticeable male pattern baldness has already occurred in 90% of men in their late 20s and 30s, from what I see every day.

In 30's yes, in 20's I don't know but definitely 90% at some stage start to lose hair, but it seems that as you get older receded hairline is not labelled as "balding" as much as it is for younger guys.

 

[chewbaca]

yes i agree most men 80% upwardswill have some form of male pattern baldness. Solong hre is DHT and adrogens.Just that different people have the different severity and at the different ages it starts.

Even women have hair loss problems.

 

[arjun17]

Depends on what you consider as male pattern baldness.....

If you consider a Norwood 1.1 to be male pattern baldness, then yes, nearly 100% of guys in their late 20's and above have male pattern baldness. However, it is a well-known fact that NW2 is reached by practically all men, regardless of whether they lose any further hair or not. So I'd consider male pattern baldness to be anything significantly worse than a NW2 (Norwood 2.5 or worse). While the NW2 or "mature hairline" is certainly male pattern baldness, it is a minor degree of male pattern baldness which nearly all men experience, and it is not cosmetically significant. Since this minor degree of male pattern baldness is so common, it is considered normal for adult males. And some may say that male pattern baldness is male pattern baldness, and is inexorable - but the fact of the matter is, the non-balding NW2 guys do NOT recede any more throughout their lifetime, not to any measurable extent, even if "the rest of their life after reaching NW2" is half a century. male pattern baldness progresses at different rates in different people. While stable NW2s are quite common (and represent non-balding mature men), its not very uncommon to come across a stable NW3 or NW6. (Although at NW6, there's not much left to lose!). NW7 is a stage which usually only those with early, rather rapid hair loss reach.
So if you only look for Norwood 2.5s and above, the figure would be a little less than 90%.
Cheers,
Arjun

 

[techprof]

you cannot count NW2 as male pattern baldness or bald. that is insane.

I believe certain cases of NW3 may not be noticable at all.
I would say that people will be recognized only if they are beyond NW3.
That too, if you have longer-hairs, and if you have a small bald spot, it may not be noticable at all.