Balding Blog

Hello Doctor,

I am a male in my late 20’s and had a question regarding the relation between your hairline and whether or not you will go bald like your father. Looking at past photos of my father when he was in his early 20’s I have his hairline rather than my mother’s. However, I seem to have more hair (pretty full head with just a little loss around temple area) than my father did when he was in his late 20’s. My father is now in his late 60’s and has just a little on top (basically bald). My mom is in her late 50’s and has very thick full head hair.

Is it possible to inherit the same hairline as your father but not go bald like him?

Thanks for your help.

Hair loss is genetic, but it does not always follow your father’s pattern either in the hairline or elsewhere on your scalp. It is just that in general your father’s hairline/recession is a good reference point, as may be your grandfather on both sides of the family and possibly your uncles as well. But as you are finding out, it is not always the case. Anything is possible.

If you’re fine with your current hair situation, keep your fingers crossed that it doesn’t progress… or talk to a physician about medication to slow it down.

Hi doctor, weird question. Have you ever taken a strip from the arm pit region? One would think there would be great elasticity in that area. If not, would you ever consider it?
Thanks again!

We have had these requests in the past. There has to be a good reason (such as depleted donor scalp hair) and a realistic understanding of its limitations (such as a difference in hair quality). It does work and we have done them.

The issue may be: ‘Do you want to travel to Turkey (airports, airplanes, hotels in a city that may have a lot of Virus there)?

Question, is it advisable to use hair systems when i have plans to have transplants in the future? will the scalp be damaged? Thank you.

Are you aware that hair systems cause significant hair loss from the glues and attachment clips? This will make the balding worse and increase the size of the hair transplant you may need if there is hair in the area of the hair system.

I’m wondering if its possible to begin to have a receding hairline/thinning crown/diffuse thinning, without there being an associated increase in hair shedding (i.e. when styling hair, washing it, on bed). Every article I read says that MPB puts more hair in the shedding phase, so that should mean MPB and shedding are correlated. But isnt it possible to go bald without any noticable increase in shedding? In other words, maybe the 50 – 100 hairs you lose a day, while normal by all metrics, simply just dont grow back.

I would think that for diffuse thinners/crown thinning, there has to be an increase in shedding since it covers so much area… But for hairline recession maybe less so because the temples are a smaller region?

Recession and balding can occur separately, but developing an extensive balding pattern will produce shedding in all men eventually

I don’t believe that there is anything that can block DHT in any shampoo. DHT blocking shampoos are a hoax.