Balding At 20? (pictures) Mental Health Is Crashing

[Moonman]

My temples are very concerning to me.
Also included pic of me with long hair.

-Zero thinning at the crown
-1 brother is bald.
-father still has a good amount of hair at age 53

Thank you for your help!

 

[Tommybommy1363]

nw2 maybe going on 2.5. If your hair is thick it may stabilize, or it may progress. If you actually have thinning and just dont realize it then things may be a bit more progressive. Just watch it and consider carefully if you want to start propecia and rogaine. My own hairloss really bothered me and I feel alot better since starting treatment but the decision is different for everyone

 

[Baldingdane]

Your brother is a better gauge of where you will end up than your father. Why not start the big three/four? You might be shore up that hair line so it looks better.

Stop spreading false information. His brother is not a better gauge of there he will end up. He could be a half-brother with another dad, with a history of male pattern baldness. Or he could be unlucky and get the gene from somewhere else. I started balding at 19, now 24 with a 3v, slightly diffused. My brother is 28 and have ZERO hairloss. We have the same mom AND dad.
Dad was completely bald from early age (26-27).
But OP has balding in his family, so yes, the advice would be start treatment. But stop the scare mongering.

 

[Here For the Lulz]

If he is a half-brother then he should've specified that. Since he did not then it's safe to assume he is a (full) brother.

You are an anecdote, so your situation means nothing.

People share roughly half of the same genes with their parents and with their siblings, however the most important gene in balding is the AR which is on the X chromosome, so in all likelihood you are more likely to end up like your brother than your father. It's not always the case, but in general what I said is accurate. Of course we all know someone who smoked and never got lung cancer, it doesn't change the fact that in general smoking causes premature death.

Actually, children with the same parents share 75% with their siblings, 50% with their parents. If this didn’t serve to strengthen your argument I wouldn’t have mentioned it.

 

[pegasus2]

Actually, children with the same parents share 75% with their siblings, 50% with their parents. If this didn’t serve to strengthen your argument I wouldn’t have mentioned it.

I see why you think that, based on the straight math it should be 75%, but genetics don't work that way. It's possible to share that much DNA with a sibling, but unless you are identical twins it's usually closer to 50%.

https://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/why-siblings-share-around-fifty-percent-their-dna