Working with Twins with Hair Loss

My hairline has both started thinning and receding; I’m probably a Norwood 2/2.5. He shows no signs of receding / thinning. I wonder what sort of things could cause this?

I’d say we live pretty identical lives in terms of activity/diet / don’t smoke / medications, nothing crazily out of proportion. So I wonder what the difference in us could be. I will say as well I’ve had a full chest of hair for 3+ years, whereas his is still pretty bare – I was under the assumption that had something to do with DHT. I wonder if there is something I’m missing, like a specific lifestyle choice or an overlooked common day to day activity, which could perhaps provide me with different hormone levels? I know we all age differently blah blah, but I wonder if something like this could be narrowed down to something specific, like a as we are genetically identical twins.

 

Stress has a lot to do with precipitating hair loss. You both probably handle it differently. He will probably see the same changes, possibly just later than you. I have worked with twins in hair transplant. Way back, I had identical twins who were remarkably different; one was a landscaper, and the other a computer geek. The computer geek wore a hair system and pulled out a lot of his hair, only to find his brother making fun of him.

I did hair transplants on another set of twins about two years ago, and I was challenged to make them EXACTLY the same. I succeeded. I couldn’t tell one from the other before or after the transplant grew. To ensure that I got the identical results, I did both surgeries on the same day and at roughly the same time. At the beginning of the surgery, we drew the hairlines together in the same room.  Their mom and dad were there for support.  I performed the exact same number of grafts,  I will tell you that it produced some anxiety on my side, artistically giving them both an identical look. It was successful!