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Any other suggestions than buzz cut please ?

I've been balding for a long time (I found photos which seem to show that it started at least when I was 16 but I'm not sure). It's making me very depressed, especially since I'm otherwise ugly (I stopped growing at 14, I'm short, 5'5; I can't grow a beard, I'm not "manly", etc). I don't want...

Well maybe, but it's really not likely. *All* people with male pattern baldness who are that young (I'm only 19) are very hairy and have big beards, because DHT levels and sensitivity are the same everywhere in the body. Whereas I almost don't have a beard, I have very little chest hair, etc...

I searched forums for people who are balding and do not have a beard, and all I found is guys who do not have a receding hairline, but are balding diffusely (so not really male pattern baldness) I couldn't find anyone with a classical receding hairline AND no beard. Well, I have a receding...

No, I wasn't trolling. Yes I'm balding and without beard, I showed pictures, I can show more if you want me to.

Well I'm short by every country's standards, because I'm 5'5. So, does anyone here know what can cause balding and no beard or facial hair, at the same time ?

Well my testosterone level was checked and it was normal, but really close to the upper limit (max was 30 nmol/L, I had like 29 nmol/L). Could that be the cause of my balding? If so, why can't I grow a normal beard?

Well ok, let's forget about my height for now. There still is the fact that I'm balding : - at 19 (actually it started when I was about 17) - without a beard Both of those things, I think we can agree, are highly unusual. The fact that they're happening at the same time is even more unusual...

Even if I were adopted (which I'm fairly certain I'm not), it would not explain my symptoms. Having male pattern baldness without any body hair (and without the other risk factor which is obesity and metabolic syndrome - I don't have that either) is almost unheard of. Also, if you add the other symptom - my...

Jesus Christ no. I'm not going to take medications to mess with my DHT levels. I know that causes all sorts of sh*t that I do not want to. I *know* there is an underlying condition that causes that (because : - nobody in my family has started balding so young - all of them have thick facial hair...

No it's not. There is a strong correlation. There even was a topic about this some hours ago here : https://www.gourmetstylewellness.com/interact/threads/body-hair-and-its-relation-to-hair-loss.100149/unread What should I do? Both to grow a beard and restore my hair?

Well, having a large amount of body hair is correlated with having male pattern baldness. I don't have almost any body hair (I don't have facial hair almost at all, I don't have chest hair, the hair on my arms is very thin, but I do have hair on my legs). So I shouldn't have such an aggressive form of male pattern baldness, at...

I still don't have a beard, my facial hair hasn't even changed in the past year. Also my hair is still falling. Should I go see another endocrinologist? What should I do?

Does anyone have an idea? Should I go see another endocrinologist? How could I grow a beard, at least?

I had a blood test for IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 and values were normal. So it's probably not growth hormone deficiency, is it? Also, do you think taking testosterone supplements would help me grow a beard?