Do You Ever Blame Your Dad For Your Hairloss?

[ozm8ey]

What the title says, do you ever you dad its all your fault that Im going bald , thanks a lot!

 

[heretosee]

But then he probably felt like sh*t when he started losing his hair, too, without asking for any of it. And back then he didn't have any meds to fight it. Plus he got it from his dad, who got it from his dad, who got it from his dad....

the point is, there's not really much use blaming my dad. I blame life in general instead

 

[g.i joey]

My dad had to watch my grandpa sport an nw1 till 91 years old, while my dad lost all his hair at 25 lol. Imagine how he felt about it

 

[Roberto_72]

My dad voluntarily (I had the money!) paid for my first hair transplant so I guess we are even
Plus, when my mom and he had me, I guess they must have been saying: "in the year 2000, baldness will have been cured for sure"

 

[Youngbalder]

But I thought it came from your mother's side.. Am I missing something

 

[Massive]

My mom at 59 has insane thick dense luscious hair, she gets asked often if she's wearing a wig and gets a lot of compliments on her hair, it's like a trademark everywhere she goes people remember her because of her hair.

My dad's hair at 61 is holding very well, barely any white/grey hairs, the vast majority of the hairs are still black. He's basically a NW2 with just a bit of diffuse thinning, the crown and vertex are all intact.
Seeing pictures of my dad in his late 30's he was still a very dense NW1.

Out of 4 brothers I am the eldest (32), me and the second oldest (29) are both balding. My brother doesn't care and never wanted to try any treatments and he's on his way to NW4 soon, he managed to hold NW3 with a buzzcut for like 1-2 years and he could still pass as kinda handsome in pictures but now he basically looks bald in pictures and I think it now takes away from his looks.
I on the other am treating hair loss but to not much avail other just thickening existing hairs, I'm still rapidly shedding and losing ground.

Then are are the youngest twin brothers (26) which both have their juvenile NW1 hairlines with absolutely zero sings of any thinning. They have full coverage and density and all their hairs are terminal. I was already slightly balding at 26 and people actually started telling me I'm balding around that time. Now I'm doomed without a concealer, although if I buzzcut I can look barely okayish.

So I can't really blame my parents directly for hair loss.
Though I can directly blame my dad for passing my his shitty inherited polycystic kidney disease, jewishy nose (although I kinda like it at times - been told it's manly) and huge areolas that always got made fun of (the circle around the nipples) and a bit of gyno. I will definitely get a surgery for my gyno and areola size down the road.

 

[michel sapin]

no gyno worsening with propecia ? puffy nipples ?

 

[Massive]

no gyno worsening with propecia ? puffy nipples ?

Lol ... Oh michel ...

No bro nothing to do with the Propecia I'm taking. During puberty around 12 years my areolas became big and I got a bit of a gyno/excess fat in the chest, my dad has exactly that same pattern.
I used to get made fun for it in the showers before and after PE class. I also used to be emberrased about to take my shirt off because of it. But aftee I started lifting it hardly bothers me as my chest now is probably the most promiment muscle and people are always mirin' now.

 

[davesmith420]

No, my dad had no hair loss throughout most of his life. In his 60s he is just starting to diffuse a little bit

 

[Ninjarambohd]

No, my dad had no hair loss throughout most of his life. In his 60s he is just starting to diffuse a little bit

how about your mom's side of the family like uncles or grandfather?

 

[davesmith420]

how about your mom's side of the family like uncles or grandfather?

On my mom's side, my grandpa was like a thick Norwood 3, all of my uncles are a thick Norwood 2-3 with my one uncle being a Norwood 4-5 in his late 60s.

 

[Ninjarambohd]

On my mom's side, my grandpa was like a thick Norwood 3, all of my uncles are a thick Norwood 2-3 with my one uncle being a Norwood 4-5 in his late 60s.

How about yourself whose hair you think you inherited?

 

[rafiles]

What the title says, do you ever you dad its all your fault that Im going bald , thanks a lot!

Sorry but you want to blame your dad, for making you with your mom.

 

[kj6723]

I def got my hairloss from my dad's side. I don't bother casting blame though, there's no point to it

Dad's got thin NW4ish in his early 60's...donor still looks FANTASTIC. He's been a gradual receder throughout his life. I'm actually getting the vibe that he might be interested in getting a transplant when he sees how mine goes down. Most all the men on his side of the family have high hairlines from what I can tell, and even some of the women.

Mom, also in early 60's, still has full head of hair with juvenile, feminine hairline in tact. One brother in late 50's with fairly thick NW2, other brother mid-late 60's with thin NW3ish. Their father died in his 80's with thick NW2.5, almost exactly the same hairline I currently have at 28. All my male cousins on this side(age spectrum late 20's-early 30's) appear to still be in NW1 territory

Brother is a couple years older than me. I haven't seen him in a few years, but from the pics I see on facebook he appears to have gotten the hairline curse from my father's side as well

 

[Ninjarambohd]

I def got my hairloss from my dad's side. I don't bother casting blame though, there's no point to it

Dad's got thin NW4ish in his early 60's...donor still looks FANTASTIC. He's been a gradual receder throughout his life. I'm actually getting the vibe that he might be interested in getting a transplant when he sees how mine goes down. Most all the men on his side of the family have high hairlines from what I can tell, and even some of the women.

Mom, also in early 60's, still has full head of hair with juvenile, feminine hairline in tact. One brother in late 50's with fairly thick NW2, other brother mid-late 60's with thin NW3ish. Their father died in his 80's with thick NW2.5, almost exactly the same hairline I currently have at 28. All my male cousins on this side(age spectrum late 20's-early 30's) appear to still be in NW1 territory

Brother is a couple years older than me. I haven't seen him in a few years, but from the pics I see on facebook he appears to have gotten the hairline curse from my father's side as well

Can I ask whose hair you inherited? As in is your hair more similar to your fathers or you mom's side?

 

[kj6723]

Can I ask whose hair you inherited? As in is your hair more similar to your fathers or you mom's side?

My dad's side, as I mentioned in my post

The gradual, decades-spanning recession route. Obviously not as ideal as just not having male pattern baldness, but mild enough that I should hopefully be able to keep it under control with modern meds and transplants for years to come

 

[Ninjarambohd]

My dad's side, as I mentioned in my post

The gradual, decades-spanning recession route. Obviously not as ideal as just not having male pattern baldness, but mild enough that I should hopefully be able to keep it under control with modern meds and transplants for years to come

Ah I see so your hair resembles more like you father's side. Such as thickness color and all.

 

[kj6723]

Ah I see so your hair resembles more like you father's side. Such as thickness color and all.

Well my hair color and texture probably most resembles my mom's....but I believe these qualities are passed on completely separate from the male pattern baldness gene

 

[Ninjarambohd]

Well my hair color and texture probably most resembles my mom's....but I believe these qualities are passed on completely separate from the male pattern baldness gene

that's weird cuz I got a few cousins. Some of them have their father's hair and lost it like their father and some have the maternal sides hair and kept it like them. I dunno though. Most people I speak to say the most influential gene is on the X chromosome. I know it can be passed on from both sides but the most influential one is on the X Chromosome.

 

[Ninjarambohd]

Just found this article it's quite interesting to be honest. Not sure if I can post outside links so I'll just post the interesting bits from the article here:

Androgenetic alopecia (Androgenetic Alopecia): Also known as male-pattern baldness, this type of baldness is determined by a genetic variability in the androgen receptor (AR). A polyglycine-encoding GGN repeat in exon 1 is the most likely candidate for this type of baldness developing at an early age. The X chromosome location of the AR indicates a maternal link. There are also some risk variants on chromosome 20 that, when combined with the genetic variability in the AR, increase the risk that a man will develop Androgenetic Alopecia sevenfold. This means that one in seven men have the potential for developing this type of baldness.

Is It Mother's Fault?
The short answer is yes. This is one time when the "old wives tale" rings true. The reason is that all of the genetic variants that cause baldness occur in the X chromosome, or the female chromosome. This means that the genetic predisposition for baldness is carried by mothers, not fathers, so they can pass these genes onto their children. Usually, male children genetically linked to male-pattern baldness are much more common than genetically linked female-pattern baldness in females.

In women, baldness may also be linked to the mother, but in a different way. Women often lose their hair due to a condition called "stress alopecia." This is a situation in which any shock to the body, such as childbirth or trauma can cause hair loss. Menopause is another very common cause of hair loss. While these are not specifically linked to a genetic cause, the way that the body responds to this stress is dictated by genetics, though the exact mechanism is not well known yet.