What the likelihood of me going bald?

Question

I'm 13 and my entire life I've have super thick hair, to the point where I had to thin it out so I could comb it, but in april I shaved my head as a dare, and its growing back, and it feels somewhat thinner, especially in the crown area. My Dad went bald in his late teens and is balding very badly [he's 40], and his dad had very thin hair his whole life, but my mom has really thick hair and her dad didnt lose his hair until his 40s or 50s. I' afriad I'm balding, but my mother says I'm crazy because you cant bald 13, I wanted to get rogaine but she wont allow me too because she says it has bad chemicals in it, what do I do? Will I go bald? I dont want because I like my hair long, and long hair with a bald spot isnt good.

Answer 1

based on family genetical defects, your chances are probably pretty high.

Answer 2

Well, baldness is said to be inherited on the maternal side so in that case you're safe. You should definitely leave the Rogaine alone and wait and see if your hair will get back to normal. Maybe you're just imagining things. Your hair quality may also change a bit during puberty.

If you ARE going to get bald, the likeliness it will happen at age 13 is so small it can't be measured.

Answer 3

At 13 you are getting way ahead of yourself to worry about baldness. The theories about baldness are rampant and a lot of them are not true.

The Rogaine would be useless right now and not worth the expense and inconvenience.it would be "over-kill" to treat a problem that hasn't occurred.

Grow your hair long and enjoy it. No one knows for sure how much hair you will have later. It is sheer speculation and if there is a problem you won't see it any earlier than your late teens, if at all.My father was bald and my mother's father and brothers had thick, beautiful hair until they died in old age. My brothers and I have lost hair at the crown and have gone back a bit at the sides in front. This took many, many years.

In the interim we had lots of time to get used to less hair.

My solution has been to cut my hair extremely short, which makes the hair loss far less obvious.

Remember that a high forehead is felt to be a sign of braininess! If you have a nicely shaped head, you will look very attractive with short hair or your head shaved. Lots of people think a shaved head is s**y. It pays to remind yourself that some degree of hair loss is apparent in about 60 percent of guys over 60. Enjoy the fact that you are a guy and don't sweat the small stuff. There may be a full head of hair in your future. Listen to yor Mom. She's on your side.

Answer 4

If the men on your mother's side are bald, you have a 50-50 chance of inheriting the baldness gene from her.  I got it, my brother did not.  It depends on whether the X chromosome you got from her carried it or not.   It does not come from your father's side.   And it does not skip a generation:  if you have the gene you will develop some degree of thinning  hair.  

The good news is that, unless you have an unusual variant of the genetic trait, you don't have to worry about it even beginning until you are through with puberty.  My hairline started to recede at the edges of my forehead when I was about 19, and it did not become noticeable until my mid-twenties.  My crown started to thin in my late twenties.  So save the Rogaine money, not only will it not help now, but it can cause unwanted growth over time in areas that it is applied to accidentally or runs onto when you perspire, such as your neck.  Not a big issue if you are 35 and balding; definitely a big issue if you are 13.  Plus, it's expensive and you have to keep using it forever.  

Hope this reassures you somewhat.  

  

Answer 5

The correct answer to your question is that baldness is one of those traits that turns up every OTHER generation and it is inherited from your mother's side of the family.

In short, there is an extremely good chance, as far as baldness, that you will be like your grandfather on your mothers side.