All Men on Both Sides of My Family are Bald!

Dear Doc,

I am 18 years old. Every single male in my family is bald except for me. From my father, older brother, both grandfathers, uncles and cousins on both my mother and fathers side. Everyone! I should be concerned right? Is there anything I can do to prevent going bald before it has begun?

Thank you in advance.

You should connect with a good doctor and have your hair bulk measured for a baseline measurement, and then have that done every year to be sure that the balding did not kick in.

I would not recommend the use of drugs like finasteride unless or until you actually show a decreasing hair bulk. This is a very sensitive way to follow your course. If most of your family is balding, keeping your hair forever doesn’t look to be in the cards.