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[ronott1]

Male pattern baldness runs in my family. When I went to a relative's funeral some years ago, I noticed that every single male there was significantly thin to completely bald on top - with one exception. That cousin was in his 50's; his mane of gray hair was shoulder-length and he had a full beard, too. I couldn't help but notice and mentioned this fact to my younger brother (who had started losing his blond curls before he was 30). He said, "He is hirsute, isn't he?" Then, in an acid voice, . . . " and flaunting it!!"

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My Wife's family have the baldness gene. Her male cousins all looked like little old men when they were in their 40s.

They may drink and smoke though. That will prematurely age you.

Oh, and too much sun exposure.

 

[LindaB220]

OOOOOOOOH, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!

Sharknado is on tonight!!!!


Sharknado 1 starts @6 pm central (in about 45 minutes)
then it's followed by the premier of Sharknado 2!!!! Aren't you just so excited!!!

Wow! I must be psychic!!!

And I was sad yesterday because I missed the originall. I'm totally cheesy about the syfy channel. Thanks

 

[Sylviaanne]

OOOOOOOOH, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!

Sharknado is on tonight!!!!


Sharknado 1 starts @6 pm central (in about 45 minutes)
then it's followed by the premier of Sharknado 2!!!! Aren't you just so excited!!!

Wow! I must be psychic!!!

I have it recording, both! I have it set to record them twice because the weather here can mess up the recordings and I figure that my chances of seeing a whole show is better if they both mess up.

 

[Sylviaanne]

My Wife's family have the baldness gene. Her male cousins all looked like little old men when they were in their 40s.

They may drink and smoke though. That will prematurely age you.

Oh, and too much sun exposure.

I have heard or read that the male pattern baldness gene passes down from the mother's father. My dad had a head of hair when he died at 90. All the photos I saw of his father, he wasn't bald. My mother's father had a head of hair when he died. I have no knowledge about my mother's mother's father. I think it is possible my father's mother's father was balding.

My husband has the male pattern baldness that he blames on the starch in his hats from the service. His father had a head of hair but I don't know about his mother's father. My husband tells me he had a head of hair. All 3 of my son's now have high foreheads but they are kind of graded. LOL The oldest has the most hair, followed by the youngest and my middle son has the most hair loss.

I get tired of being blamed for their baldness, comes from the mother's father. Ha! I think the dang stuff is just random. Possibly brought on by worry. Yeah, that's it. You worry excessively, you lose hair!

 

[ozexpat]

I already have it!

You are worth Two Points!

I have 9 little eggies next to my name. I was on the top 20 all time ovations for a post for a whilebut since I mellowed I have not posted anyting provocative enough to illicit large numbers of ovations

 

[ozexpat]

I have heard or read that the male pattern baldness gene passes down from the mother's father. My dad had a head of hair when he died at 90. All the photos I saw of his father, he wasn't bald. My mother's father had a head of hair when he died. I have no knowledge about my mother's mother's father. I think it is possible my father's mother's father was balding.

My husband has the male pattern baldness that he blames on the starch in his hats from the service. His father had a head of hair but I don't know about his mother's father. My husband tells me he had a head of hair. All 3 of my son's now have high foreheads but they are kind of graded. LOL The oldest has the most hair, followed by the youngest and my middle son has the most hair loss.

I get tired of being blamed for their baldness, comes from the mother's father. Ha! I think the dang stuff is just random. Possibly brought on by worry. Yeah, that's it. You worry excessively, you lose hair!

there is stress induced hair loss but the most common form is hereditary.

i had a school teacher that went balled for two years after the death of his wife then his hair grew back

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: I's heard that it passes from the mother, not the mother's father. A woman has two X chromosomes (one she got from her mother, one from her father), and the male pattern baldness gene could be carried on either one of them, so it could just as easily have come from the mother's mother rather than her father. If a bald man marries a woman carrying the gene, all of their sons could go bald, and a daughter that got two copies of the gene could get pretty darn thin up there as she ages too (like my mother . . . . )

 

[drumstick diva]

My son, a redhead, started getting the high forehead at 17- he's 28 now and has been shaving his head for a couple of years. Just lately he started keeping a short beard. Wow, he really looks good with it. I hope he keeps it.

I like bald heads or I should say I like the person whether attached to a bald head or not. So many young guys shave their heads especially if their hair is thinning. I think that is liberating, sorta going

at nature. They made the decisions to be bald rather that letting it just happen to them.

Personally I've been clipping my own hair very,short for 14 years now. I always wanted to have gorgeous shampoo ad hair, long, swingy, sexy. Never had it, instead I had long, thin stringy hair - ick. Way back when girls used to iron their hair I never had too. Then in high school I started going gray. At first I pulled out all the gray ones - then came to my senses when I noticed I has having bald spots from yanking out so many gray hairs.

My mom had breast cancer and refused radiation or chemo even tho it had spread to lymph nodes. Instead she was on tamoxifin (spelling??) for 11 years. Her cancer came back and had spread - then chemo and radiation did no good. By then they had discovered if you were on tamoxifin for more than 5 years, it actually caused cancer.

I bring this up because what upset her most was loosing her hair .She got a wig but it was too late by then. She never got to wear it.

After that I wondered if I would have the guts to be bald. After my son got to college,and I didn't have to meet with his teachers or go to college events, I decided to cut my hair off. Due to clipper malfunction - okay my stupidity, I ended up shaved to the scalp - not my original goal. I couldn't get the clipper guides to cut anything, so I kept switching to closer ones , still nothing. Then stopped using a blade guide, and used the blade alone. After I made a horrible mistake with the surgical blade I found out why it hadn't been cutting. It had a clear plastic blade guard on. The last time I changed blades it apparently fell off.

I was like

and

and even

. I tried to do a comb over but, that looked hideous so I bit the bullet and shaved my entire head to the scalp. Everyone hated it but, I will say it made my eyes the focal point of my face and I liked it. It upset alot of friends who thought the worst but, I always told them and even strangers I just goofed with the clippers. I wasn't trying for sympathy - I just discovered than being bald is not as bad as I thought.

My hair has been kept very short ever since and I like it. By the time I hop out of the shower my scalp is dry. I don't need a comb and hair doesn't get in my eyes. It also cuts down on wind resistance, so I think I walk faster.

P.S. I save oodles on shampoo but, always wear a wide brimmed sunhat outdoors.

 

[Sylviaanne]

there is stress induced hair loss but the most common form is hereditary.

i had a school teacher that went balled for two years after the death of his wife then his hair grew back

Yes, but if father and grandfathers don't have male pattern baldness and only one out of the next generation back, great-grandfathers have it, shouldn't it have been over powered?

 

[Cynthia12]

Cynthia, I think I would be calling a lawyer too.

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