Category: Hair Loss Causes

Hi! I’m just curious to know….
Let’s say that hypothetically, 2 men have the same balding pattern BUT one has fine hair and the other has thicker hair texture. Would they recede at the same rate because of genetics? Or will the fine hair textured man recede faster?

It is not about hair texture. It is about genetic predisposition. Having fine hair would make the balding look worse (because it does not provide coverage as well as thicker textured hair), but the hair character isn’t going to determine the rate of your hair loss.

Both myself (49) and my wife (47) had very very thick hair. Our parents in the late 70’s still has most of their hair. And no baldness in both of our family. But we noticed in the last year both of our hair is getting very thin and showing sign of pattern balding.

The perplexing question is why is it happening to both of us at the same time?

I am not sure what you meant by pattern balding and the overall information you supplied is scant. To do a proper investigation of the coincidence, would would want to look carefully at what this hair loss pattern is, what are the possible environmental factors involved and give both of you a very thorough hair and scalp examination, as well as take a very careful, detailed medical history.

some time ago i’ve noticed my hair becoming thin, i also have a bad habit of smoking cigs which ive been smoking for 2 years. so i figured if i stop smoking my hair might grow back thicker and fuller.well i just recently stopped smoking cigs for about a week.

not enough time has gone by to see if my hair would grow back, but i wanted to see if i could save my hair and whether or not cigs have anything to do with it

I don’t know anything about you other than you’re losing hair and smoked for 2 years. Smoking might contribute indirectly in some way, but I doubt that it is the reason your hair is thinning. In the great majority of cases, it is your genetics that causes hair loss. Of course I recommend that you stop smoking for your overall health, but I wouldn’t expect that quitting smoking would make your hair regrow.

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I have a question about castration. Does castration only stop hairloss if a person were to be castrated before puberty(hence before male pattern baldness starts), or does it also stop hairloss once hairloss has started as well? for example lets say there is a 30 year old with active hairloss, he gets castrated, does the loss stop, or will it still continue regardless of the castration?

Im not thinking about castration lol, just want to know for knowledge purposes

My educated guess is that once the hair loss starts you cannot completely stop the process even with castration for the hair that is scheduled to be lost (i.e. apoptosis). I could be way off base, though. I’m not going to suggest castration to prove it one way or the other.

Snippet from the article:

They are already talking with pharmaceutical firms about making the product, which would work by stopping the effects of a single guilty enzyme.

US-based dermatologists announced earlier this year that they had found that an enzyme, called prostaglandin D2 (PGD2), instructed follicles to stop producing hair. They identified it by screening 250 genes implicated in hair loss.

George Cotsarelis, head of dermatology at Pennsylvania University, said the one responsible for levels of PGD2 played “the major role”. He said he was now talking with several drugs firms about creating the anti-baldness product.

Read the rest – Baldness cure could be on shelves in two years

Two years seems like a bit of a stretch, considering there is no actual product yet… but the media is easily excited about hair loss “cures” as anyone that has been waiting for new treatments has surely seen. Apparently this new hype is based on a study of 17 people, but I don’t know where this idea came from about a proven safe and effective product being available by 2014. Whether or not PGD2 will be the next great hair loss treatment, there’s a lot of work that needs to be done first.

Just to sum this article up — apparently we went from a small study on PGD2, all the way to the miracle hair loss “cure” being on the shelves in a couple years even though there is no product just yet. I’ll believe it when I see it.

(Female)
Hi,I was having some redness and scaling over my both eyebrows for about a week. It was very itchy and tingling. I also experienced eyebrow loss, about 1 to 2 each side everyday. I was prescribed with a combination steroid and dakarin cream. My condition improved after 2 days, less itchy but still finding my eyebrows dropping. May I know what should I do?

You should ask your doctor what condition he is treating. Was it for an allergy? A fungus? An infection? As I have not examined you, I can not give you an opinion on your problem.

Snippet from the article:

As she completed a lap of honour after winning Olympic gold, cyclist Joanna Rowsell pulled off her helmet to proudly reveal her bald head.

Having lived with the hair loss condition alopecia since childhood, the 23-year-old, from Cheam near Sutton, has not flinched from speaking about her condition.

Indeed she says her hair loss has helped drive her on to greatness.

And her win in the women’s cycling team pursuit at the velodrome on Saturday could not have come at a better time – it fell on International Alopecia Day which seeks to raise awareness of the condition.

Read the rest — Olympic cyclist Joanna Rowsell’s hair loss inspiration hope

Congratulations to Joanna Rowsell on her win and being an inspiration to people with this condition!