I Started Losing Hair at 46 Years Old, But My Twin Has No Loss!

I am a 50 year old male… There’s no history of baldness in family. At around 46 years of age I started noticing thinning hair around the right front side of my hair. There was no noticeable thinning elsewhere on my head. Then at around 48 years of age I noticed the left front side and top front of my hair thinning. And around the upper back of my head I noticed thinning hair. It stayed about the same – no extra thinning until 2 weeks ago and now I’ve experienced more thinning than ever on both front sides and on upper back of my head.

I have a twin brother who has not experienced any hair loss at all. Could the hair products (waxes, putty’s, pastes, and pomades) be causing this? I wash my hair once to twice a week. Sometimes with just water. My hair is very dry. I’m not experiencing any scalp itching or pain.

You may have genetic balding. If you have an identical twin brother it should affect him as well. If your twin brother is a fraternal twin, you are like any other person in the family with regard to balding risks. It’s unclear what you have with just a description. I would follow up with your doctor to get a good diagnosis. I doubt hair products caused such hair loss.