My Chest Hair Pattern is Similar to Males in My Family — Will I Have Their Hairlines?
Hello, im a 25 year old male, about 5 years ago I became concerned about losing my hair. My father, in his mid 50’s still has good hair for his age, the males on my mothers side have not had so much luck, though none of them are, or went, in the case of my late grandfather, completely bald. However, what I first became concerned about was that my right side was slightly higher than my left. 5 years on and with only my memory as a reference, I would say that the left side of my hairline remains as it did 5 years ago, though the its the right side that im still concerned about, the hair there seems slightly thinner than the the left, and when I hold my hair back with one hand, then brush gently forward with the other I can definatley see a difference with more thinner shorter hair on the right side coming forward. Its hard to say if its changed significantly since I was 20, because when I look now its in a different mirror with a stronger light. My question is, if this is a sign of genetic male hairloss, would I have, after 5 years, noticed the left side receding, trying to catch up as ive read in other posts, or does it sound like im just neurotic!
Its worth mentioning that my grandfather at around age 30 from photos ive seen, looked to have a high, somewhat receded hairline. My mother says my hair type is definately different to her family’s, as ive always had very thick hair, and my grandfather supposedly had very fine, thin hair. I do have a similar chest hair pattern to males on my mothers side though, is this linked to losing hair?
The patterns of chest hair and head hair have different genes, so one may follow the pattern of chest hair from their father’s or mother’s side of the family, and yet not the head hair. Having more thinning on one side of the head than the other is a sign of male pattern baldness (MPB) and you should get your hair mapped out for miniaturization to find out if you are expressing genetic balding.
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