Hi, I have a cowlick on the top back part of my head. I know there is absolutely no way one can predict male pattern baldness in a person. My maternal grandfather still has his hair at 70, but his son (my uncle is bald). My uncle said he started going bald at the age of 28. My father at 50 has a full head of hair, and my brother at 28 still has a full head of hair. I am 21, and have shown no signs (or at least the typical signs) of male pattern baldness yet. I was just wondering if it is more common in men with cowlicks, or if there have been any studies to determine a relationship?
Cowlicks are genetic. Male pattern hair loss is genetic. The two are not related.
There are no studies that I am aware of that link the two or the relationship of cowlick prevalence in men and women. If you want to find out if you are actually balding (possibly in the early stage when it is starting out), get your hair mapped out for miniaturization every year and when/if it starts to appear, you will be ahead of the game.