Hi
I am a 39 year old man with thinning hair. About a year ago I noticed that I had streaks of thinned hair on the sides of my head, which I thought was odd but put down to excessive scratching. Then, a week ago, my hairdresser (a friend of the family who has cut my hair for 20 years) said she had noticed a difference on the top of my head. I had asked her to be brutal and cut it short. She replied that there was no need as it was thinning out naturally (she thought it was funny- I don't!!) Afterwards, I looked in the mirror and was shocked at just how true it was. There is no history of baldness in my family. My maternal grandfather still had a head of hair (although thinned out a lot) when he died aged 76. And my father's father had a lot of hair when he died in his late 70s. My uncle is nearly 80 and still has quite a lot of hair as do my cousins, all of whom are in their 40s.
I know hair thins naturally as we age, but this seems to have happened quite quickly and dramatically. I exercise, don't smoke, eat healthily, drink moderately and weigh about what I should for my height and build. However, I do suffer from severe anxiety and bouts of depression. I also sleep very poorly. I suffer with a very itchy scalp as well, which may be a symptom of the anxiety. I wonder if too much scratching has caused this. Or is it stress? Or perhaps I am not eating enough protein (I eat mostly vegetables and fish).
I am a 39 year old man with thinning hair. About a year ago I noticed that I had streaks of thinned hair on the sides of my head, which I thought was odd but put down to excessive scratching. Then, a week ago, my hairdresser (a friend of the family who has cut my hair for 20 years) said she had noticed a difference on the top of my head. I had asked her to be brutal and cut it short. She replied that there was no need as it was thinning out naturally (she thought it was funny- I don't!!) Afterwards, I looked in the mirror and was shocked at just how true it was. There is no history of baldness in my family. My maternal grandfather still had a head of hair (although thinned out a lot) when he died aged 76. And my father's father had a lot of hair when he died in his late 70s. My uncle is nearly 80 and still has quite a lot of hair as do my cousins, all of whom are in their 40s.
I know hair thins naturally as we age, but this seems to have happened quite quickly and dramatically. I exercise, don't smoke, eat healthily, drink moderately and weigh about what I should for my height and build. However, I do suffer from severe anxiety and bouts of depression. I also sleep very poorly. I suffer with a very itchy scalp as well, which may be a symptom of the anxiety. I wonder if too much scratching has caused this. Or is it stress? Or perhaps I am not eating enough protein (I eat mostly vegetables and fish).
