Hello everyone, I just turned 19, and I figured it was time for me to begin to think about hair loss and male pattern baldness. Growing up, I always thought that I was in clear of the condition, and when looking at the surface levels of my genetics, that would seem to be right. both of my granddads have (and had) a full head of hair. with my Granddad on my mother's side only recently starting to recede in his 70s (he's 83) and my granddad on my father's side having a full head of hair until the day he died of ALS at 67. My father himself still has all of his hair at 52. But upon closer inspection, some warning signs can be seen (possibly?) that I have questions about. A few of my uncles (about one-third of them) are either bald or receding, which is what is worrying me. now one thing to know is that I have OCD, so I've spent the last month absolutely obsessing over my hair and checking for any signs in recent pictures. As of now, I have no recession at all. I would just like to hear from people who've experienced hair loss and/or medical professionals on the subject of my genetics and how that plays into gong bald. I figured that since my direct lineage (Grandads and father) has no trouble with male pattern baldness, that I have more of a chance of keeping my hair than losing it, but what do you all think? It also seems that the curlier and mans hair is (on my mother's side of the family), the less likely a chance there is of going bald. Is this just a coincidence or is there some truth to this? Thanks for all of your help everyone.
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