Does Having a Lot of Body Hair Cause Faster Balding?
Hello, i’m a 16 year old male sophomore. I’ve tried searching for the answer to my question, but no one seems to have a definite answer to it yet. Does having a lot of body hair cause baldness faster/cause baldness? I ask this because, while I may not be completely covered in hair (at least not yet…I hope not though) my legs are very very hairy.
My arms have more hair then most, but its not to out of control, and my chest is mostly clear of hair, theres nothing noticeable. But I won’t lie, I am scared to have body hair, I don’t particularly like it, and i’ve also noticed that men who have more body hair seem to have less head hair, I don’t know if this is just a coincidence, but nonetheless I am still concerned, even though I still have a full head of hair. I’m just not sure how the future will play out for my body. Though I can say that while my dads side has a lot of hairy men, no one in my family has ever truly gone bald before. However, I could be an unlucky exception.
Thanks for reading, and hopefully my question is answered!
Body hair and head hair do not relate to each other, as they are separately genetic coded. Men with hairy bodies can have hairy heads with or without balding on the scalp. If you think that you are losing hair, then visit a good hair doctor who will determine if you are losing hair on your head or not.
Actually, body hair and balding might very well be related…by one common factor: DHT plays an important role in body hair and will cause more to grow.
There is an entirely separate genetic coding for body hair and scalp hair. Men with very high DHT levels do not automatically have high body hair or male pattern balding. It is genetically determined if you will go bald or have high body hair levels. If you don’t have the genes for lots of body hair – you won’t have lots of body hair – even if you were injected with vast doses of DHT every day.
Personally I have a very testosterone level and concurrent DHT level and mild frontal balding (which was obviously a genetic condition) but I have very little body hair. My high DHT levels do not correspond to high body hair as I don’t have the genetic coding for that.
Hormone levels are very important in many ways, but if the genetic coding is not there for the hormone to express its effects in certain tissues, it won’t do. Otherwise all hairy bodied men would be bald and all hair free bodied men would have a thick head of hair.