When Will I Go Bald?
i am 20 yrs old,and my dad is bald,although he started losing his hair only when he was 37 yrs old,i just have the fear that i may also get bald like my dad,so far now,my hair is ok,just that i have some dandruff .is there any specific age that i wil start balding,or how can i keep my hair healthy and ever long lasting.is it mandatory that i may also lose hair as well as i grow old
Balding almost never hits men under 18, so I have set up a model for the balding process to give some insights into men on the balding process. If you imagine that we are born with different types of baby hair that changes as we get into our first year. Then it changes again through childhood and then again around puberty (11-13). I suspect that these changes are influenced heavily by the hormone DHT. The hair undergoes another change between 18-29 years old.
The changes are two fold. The first part of the process is the advancement of the frontal hairline into the mature position. The typical juvenile hairline of the 12 year old boy is no different than the hairline of the 12 year old girl, but as men (typically 95% of Caucasians) move into a mature pattern with the central area rising about ½ – 3/4th inch above the central crease and the sides move up about 1-1½ inches, giving a slightly receded corner. A small percentage of men (Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan) keep their 12 year old hairlines through life. Many young men mistake the mature changes in the Caucasian hairline for balding. Such changes are normal, but for the soap actors who must retain their baby face, such changes are devastating, so on rare occasions I have restored this juvenile hairline on famous actors.
Secondly, the balding process may start anytime after this change starts (about 18 years old). Since real balding starts at about 18 years old (caused by the impact of DHT on the susceptible genes associated with genetic hair loss) the faster the fall out occurs, the worse the prognosis. There is some protection against DHT that holds until 18, but when that protection is gone, the faster the fall out, the more is the indication that balding will be severe. On a visit to my office, I will put the hair of the patient on a TV, so that they can look at the hair shaft diameter variability. Normal (non-balding) hair has equal diameter while genetically impacted hair starts to become finer and finer, reducing the diameter to smaller and smaller sizes (miniaturization is the term that doctors use) until it becomes threadlike and just disappears. The drug Propecia blocks the impact of DHT on these impacted hairs, often slowing, stopping or reversing the process over time. The best way to change the course of this hair loss is to take Propecia which means that you must stay on the drug for life. Short of that medication, there is no effective proven medication or treatment. There is no doubt that the hair loss will still pick up again (even on the drug) but it will be a slower process.
Hi my name is jesse i am a 14 year old boy from new zealand and now live in auz my great grandad never lost his haire and my grandad never lost his hair my dad is 34 years old and he hasent lost his hair but on my mums side my great grandad lost his hair at age 35 his son lost his his hair at te age of 40 his son lost his hair at 19 19 and my mums even got a crown.i have noticed i have got a receding hairline and tack after my mums side it started when i was 4 and then it slowly pealed more will i go bald or is there a chance i will end up tacking after my dads side and not go bald.
Yes Jesse, you will.
Hello i have a question i am very worried about going bald at a young age and im wondering if i will.
My dad lost hes hair at a young age and my two older brothers one being 21 and the other 28 have a triangle shaped hairline that has thinning hair.
Both of my brothers have different colour and different texture hair as I do. I am very concerned that I will lose my hair at a early age.
Please email back with some information.
Thanks for your help.
Hey my names is Jorgen Deal im 17 from sweden so im sory i misspel some words, my dad began losing his hair at 24 how ever he claims this due to a mix of some sort of disease that when he gets depressed his skin gets very dry n he loses hair ( he was very deprrsed at 24 as his fiance left him n he suffered a back related accident) and a sevre case of a illness i forget the name its where you become pretty much bed bound its something fevour it begins with a G. but his father went bald at a young age to how ever he was also deeply depressed when he lost his hair as his wife was dieing. my hair ive been told is alot thicker than my fathers and grandfathers. and when it gets long it goes slightly red (just like my mothers)but im told im alot like my dad in personality what are my chance of going bald early?
Hi im Sam, 22 from manchester. my hairline is receeding in the corners already.
it seems ill never be able to pull off a long hairstyle ever again. as my hair will grow thick at the back and sides but not at the front.
what percentage of men my age experience this?
Hi guys,
Well, in my opinion balding is all a matter of three basic factors:
1)hereditary factor —> Is the main factor responsible for hair shrinking , but does not specify the grade , or the age of baldness that a male will experience. It can be delayed by using products like minoxidil or finasteride with generally good results.
2)Hair skin infection. About 60% of males that experience hair shrinking may experience a skin infection in the hair area… This factor is responsible for the total hair loss (complete baldness) . It can be prevented by using series that help the adjustment of hair skin conditions (ph, bacteria ) etc. These kind of infections cause the “skin” “attack ” it’s own hair, destroy new hair, and end up in complete baldness …
3)Metabolism factor… Especially changes of the metabolic conditions of our body, might worse hair loss condition , like for example dealing with thyroid failures, could change the rate that our body produces or consumes DHT, and as a result affect our hair loss conditions.
So if we combine all the factors above, we end up to this conclusion:
If we experience hairloss, we must not delay to diagnose it. We must start using a product that will delay the hair – thinning process (like minoxidil or finasteride) , and at the same time most importantly, we should start using a product (like a shampoo) that will adjust our hair skin conditions, in order to prevent any kind of infections that will turn us bald in a heart beat… Finally , if we deal metabolic changes as described above, we consult our doctors and be very careful about the way that he will restore our previous metabolic conditions (eg not overdosing of medical treatment for thyroid failures) .
So, I think that the best thing to do if we experience hair loss, is to learn living with it, adjust it by the ways described above,(vitamin based products have no major results) and out of recent researches, males that deal with hair loss, like that (early diagnosis, use of products to delay hair shrinking, to adjust skin condition, and to adjust their metabolism ) keep their hair on their head in a really good shape till their late 50s – or even their mid 60s.