Hairfall situation ...

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I am 22, and have been having a hairfall problem for sometime [about a year or two I guess ] but I never took it seriously until a few months ago I've started noticing that there the 're-growth' has slowed down and my forehead has started to look a hell lot bigger .... :frown1:

The doc gave me minoxidil, but it's really not stopping the hairfall ... I've been using for about six months

I was thinking about some 'herbal-remedies', does anyone have any idea what to do about it .... :confused:


Keeping your forehead away from the headboard while screwing might help.:wink:
 

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It might not be genetic. There is no harm in visiting a doctor to determine whether there could be another treatable cause.

If the cause of his balding is male pattern baldness then it is genetic and it's found on the x chromosome. A man gets the y chromosome from his father, which is why a man cannot inherit it from his dad, with the exception of very rare cases where a person is genotypically female but phenotypically male which is so rare that it's doubtful this is the case in this situation. If one's father passed on his x chromosome to his child, then that child is female, barring any abnormalities like extrachromosomal genetic diseases or the previously mentioned abnormality of a nonexpressed y chromosome.

If one's maternal grandfather has MPB and one's mother does not have MPB, which affects women who have the recessive trait on both chromosomes, then each grandson has a fifty percent chance of also having the gene. The reason is that your mother has two x chromosomes, one from her mother and one from her father, and it's a dice roll which one you inherited.

One can inherit MPB and for it to not be apparent from looking at one's family tree. For example, unexpressed phenotypically, your maternal great grandmother could be a carrier of the recessive gene on one X chromosome, which was passed down from female to female unexpressed, until it was passed on a male offspring, who could be the first person in generations to exhibit MPB traits. In another scenario, if one's maternal grandfather did not have MPB, but the father of your maternal grandmother did have MPB but no one in living memory can recall if he went bald or not, then you would again have a fifty percent chance of possessing the gene.
 
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If the cause of his balding is male pattern baldness then it is genetic and it's found on the x chromosome.

Although partially correct, not quite.

Here's the results of a 2003 research article:

Results: Adjusting for age, men whose fathers had hair loss were 2.5 times as likely to have had some level of hair loss compared to men whose fathers had no hair loss (95% CI: 1.3–4.9). Likewise, men whose fathers had hair loss were twice as likely to have hair loss than men whose fathers had no hair loss even after adjusting for age (OR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.2–3.7 and OR = 2.5, 95% CI: 1.4–4.7 for Norwood/Hamilton and global description of hair loss assessments, respectively). Conclusion: Results suggest that the probability of male pattern hair loss is dependent on family history and age. Hair loss in a man’s father also appears to play an important role in increasing a man’s risk of hair loss, either in conjunction with a history of hair loss in the mother or hair loss in the maternal grandfather.
 

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Although partially correct, not quite.

Here's the results of a 2003 research article:

Results: Adjusting for age, men whose fathers had hair loss were 2.5 times as likely to have had some level of hair loss compared to men whose fathers had no hair loss (95% CI: 1.3–4.9). Likewise, men whose fathers had hair loss were twice as likely to have hair loss than men whose fathers had no hair loss even after adjusting for age (OR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.2–3.7 and OR = 2.5, 95% CI: 1.4–4.7 for Norwood/Hamilton and global description of hair loss assessments, respectively). Conclusion: Results suggest that the probability of male pattern hair loss is dependent on family history and age. Hair loss in a man’s father also appears to play an important role in increasing a man’s risk of hair loss, either in conjunction with a history of hair loss in the mother or hair loss in the maternal grandfather.

There are other genetic causes for hair loss, not found on the X chromosome. Perhaps he did inherit one of those genes from his father's side of the family.

What is commonly referred to as the cause of male pattern baldness is the gene that controls the androgen receptor on the X chromosome, and that is what I was referring to, more specifically, that one cannot know if one carries that gene for sure by only looking to see if one's maternal grandfather was bald. My point was that a man can inherit that gene even if none of his grandfathers ever went bald and his dad has all his hair.

According the Wikipedia, a gene located on the y chromosome may be responsible for some hair loss, and that would obviously be inherited from one's father. I learned something new today. :smile:

Baldness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I know it's Wikipedia, but there are references for the information provided. There's a short explanation of the genes on the sex chromosomes and some of the prominent genes that can also cause baldness that are not found on the sex chromosomes.
 
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My point was that a man can inherit that gene even if none of his grandfathers ever went bald and his dad has all his hair.

Exactly correct. Also the contrary might be the case where all your grandfathers could be bald but that still wouldn't guarantee you going bald.

So it's all genetics ... :/ I was actually hoping that maybe I can control it in someway ...

If this is MPB, which it sounds like it, no there is nothing you can do. Although:

Could There Be a Cure for Male Pattern Baldness in 10 Years? - ABC News