Does Anyone Anyone Else Here Think Hair Loss Comes From Dad? (plus A Poll)

[JaneyElizabeth]

Similar situation here. Round half of the people I talk to say that I look a lot like my dad, and the other half says that I kinda look like my mum. Dad's a Norwood -1 at 53 with godlike hair genetics. He has very little body hair, I've more than him so maybe that could mean something about how strong my DHT or my sensitivity towards DHT is.



Can empathize with this. This is a situation I wouldn't want to be in and it would probably be the hardest part of going bald for me, since literally the only living bald man in my whole family is my 91 year old granduncle. My maternal grandfather was quite bald (A thin NW4A or a dense NW5A from the pics of him I've seen at that age) but died at 68 while I was a toddler.

So I disagree with the ''it comes from your dad'' idea. From what I've read hair loss can come from either side of the family and even skip generations. Some suggest that the paternal family may determine the 5-Alpha-Reductase activity and overall DHT levels, while your mum's side may be the one who determines your follicles' overall sensitivity to DHT. Often when one side has male pattern baldness and the other doesn't the children will have milder or slower hair loss.

Sadly it seems that the poll doesn't have a ''My dad has a full head of hair and I have mild hair loss'' option so I can't answer it. For the record, my paternal family has godlike hair genetics and I was always assured that I'd never go bald. There's only a bald great grandpa (My paternal grandpa's dad) who balded noticeably in his late 30's, early 40's I think? My paternal grandpa died at 88 with Bill Clinton hair. My other great grandpa (Paternal Grandma's dad) died at 102 with a slightly thin NW1. He was 3/4 Native American. My dad is a barely greying Norwood-1 at 53 and my uncle is a NW1 at 48 with unnoticable crown thinning that may have happened due to strong acne meds since he suffered from severe acne as a teen.

On the other hand, my maternal grandpa started balding somewhere in his 30s and had noticeable hair loss by the time he was in his mid 40s. Ended up as a thin NW4A or a dense NW5A at 68, when he died. My maternal grandma's genetics are even worse: She had thin, wispy hair in her 70s and all of her brothers hit NW5A/NW6 by their 40s or 50s. One of her brothers, my 91 great uncle with whom I talk regularly told me that he noticed hair loss when he was 28 or so and decided to start looking for a treatment when he was 32-33. By the time he got married at 36 he was a NW3A and ended up as a NW4A in his 40s. Funnily enough his son is 44 and has a dense NW2. My great uncle says he used to have his hair before he went bald. My mum has good hair for her age, my aunt has unruly hair and is pretty grey but I think that had more to do with the strong meds she's been taking regularly for decades.

Points well taken. Epigenetics can also turn genes on and off but we don't know a lot about that related to hair loss.

 

[Will Be an Egg in 5 years]

I don’t think that’s DUPA tbh. It looks like somewhat coarse hair that stays in position when you move it. But you know your hair. If it wasn’t like that before maybe you do have thinning there.

What treatments are you on?

None yet. And yep It wasn't like that, It gets thinner everyday and I actually shed minituarized hair from the back.

 

[Will Be an Egg in 5 years]

Nw7 Arab gene

I don't have Arab genes

 

[JaneyElizabeth]

I don't have Arab genes

I have seen some Arabs who have almost no fringe even. Rampant runaway hair loss suks.

 

[infamousrodi]

IDK if i can add to this but my dad is cue ball, so is my paternal grandpa and all my uncles on my dads side, full cue ball. I am 26 hair decent hair still i guess as i just started noticing some degree of minor thinning. So i think it is a combination of genes. Also no hair loss at all from my mother side of the family so i believe thats where i may have gotten most of my good hair genes.

 

[INT]

Hi all,
I can share my views on this. It's up to you to cater as per your thoughts. The problem of hair loss defers from man to man because it is totally due to the hormonal imbalance. Though it is a common problem as on date and can be cured. There are so many courses available online and offline for the treatment of hair loss. You can choose any one of them wisely and get rid of the baldness. Total baldness may not be cured but up to some extent. I will suggest you read the Canadian pharmacy website.

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[rapper dude]

Hi all,
I can share my views on this. It's up to you to cater as per your thoughts. The problem of hair loss defers from man to man because it is totally due to the hormonal imbalance. Though it is a common problem as on date and can be cured. There are so many courses available online and offline for the treatment of hair loss. You can choose any one of them wisely and get rid of the baldness. Total baldness may not be cured but up to some extent. I will suggest you read the Canadian pharmacy website.

WHICH ONE I AM FROM CANADA

 

[Jpw1999]

It depends on how unlucky you are, my dad has a full head of long hair at 55 his brother is reaching 60 with no hair loss and long hair too, I first noticed hair loss at 18 years old. It was a massive shock for me because I always thought that I would never have hair loss. My hair loss came from my mothers side as pretty much all the men are / were nw7. I saw a old wedding picture of my maternal grandfather recently and he was a nw4 by the age of 30 so he might have started actually losing his hair early to mid 20s. I'm destined for nw7. Personally I think having any family member who is nw7 puts you at risk of the same outcome.

 

[dm900]

5ar expression and increased translocation rate probably. Signal transduction can be tissue specific. Lots crosstalks between mapk jan kinase wnt.. Ras. DHT is a transcription factor, it is considered the active isoform in target tissues with 5ar. I'm sure other signals are involved downstream.

 

[dm900]

Its also proably dependent on how quickly it locates the leader sequence as well. nuclear domains are pretty complex , theyre still mapping them out. Could be chromosome topography who knows.

 

[Jpw1999]

IMO genetics give us the type hair (hair density, thickness, shape and colour) , people wth dense and thick hair are less prone to develop common baldness, OTOH the length can be a key, people with longer hair (women normally) are more ressistant, and clearly this is no a genetic trait

Not true, I had thicker than average hair as a 16 year old, I had to get my hair thinned out at the barbers every month but I am balding now at 21, maybe having thick hair means it takes longer to go bald than everyone else but no one with thick hair is 100% safe. About the length thing, imo when you're in the early stages of hair loss long hair makes your hair appear more dense because your thick hairs provide coverage for the thinning ones. I've seen loads of dudes with long hair on the back and sides but balding to sh*t on top

 

[Armando Jose]

Not true, I had thicker than average hair as a 16 year old, I had to get my hair thinned out at the barbers every month but I am balding now at 21, maybe having thick hair means it takes longer to go bald than everyone else but no one with thick hair is 100% safe. About the length thing, imo when you're in the early stages of hair loss long hair makes your hair appear more dense because your thick hairs provide coverage for the thinning ones. I've seen loads of dudes with long hair on the back and sides but balding to sh*t on top

Regarding hair lenght, your own coment "my dad has a full head of long hair at 55 his brother is reaching 60 with no hair loss and long hair too"

 

[Jpw1999]

From looking at them both they don't seem to have hairloss but they probably have some sort of recession, I can't tell because I rarely see their temples because they both have a middle parting.

 

[tggill32]

In my experience and from the various cases I have seen. If your dad or maternal grandfather are bald it greatly increases your chances of going bald. I haven't seen a case where someone's maternal grandfather had aggresive baldness + dad with a full head and the person dosen't go bald.

 

[Thinning Sucks]

I look at my Dads old photos and I am better than he was at my exact age but his earlier photos about 30 I am now about the same as he was. He was thinning badly but of course they had no finasteride treatments then.