Im 18 years old too, my dad hasn't been bald in his life and he is 72 now, and he has started to lose his hair a bit

and it is happening to me, but not my older brother?????

Started when I was like 16 I guess a bit, my friends say are u going bald? Gets me really annoyed, since I left and went college I just wear a hat now to cover it up. Really depressing I think it is

i only wish I had a cure to grow my hair back, becuase even if I could stop it, I still look stupid.

I used to have a quiff until my hair line makes my head look bigger :evil:

Ya. I also appear to have a larger than normal forehead. I'm thinking of going to the doctor or a specialist to check it out.

The same thing is happening to me, i'm 18 as well. It's not terribly noticeable, when I ask close friends about it, they don't see it as anything big. What concerns me is how quickly it's happened, i've probably lost a total area around the size of a playing card in the last year. I don't care so much that I regrow what i've lost so much as that I can slow the process down and not be bald by 25.

Welcome to the club...

When I turned 16, i was getting a receeding hair line and a widows peek on the right side which was grade 10. After mid grade 11 it stopped but ever since then everyone noticed and bothers me about it. Gets me angry, the weird thing is though that im a healthy guy and no one in my family had this problem. Luckily its stopped and im 19 now. But I want to find a way to atleast grow some of it back so its not as bad. I feel for you guys... its definetly sucks!! I'm just hoping something is found out, or my hair starts to grow back some how

now iam 19 years old, my forehead got bald little wen i was 13 , now my hair is falling rapidly and also seems to be some bald patches on every part of my head. it is causing depression for me, wen i looking my head, i cant able to concentrate on anything ,i always think about my hair, is it possible to regrow hair on forhead part as well as bald patches? my friends hurting me by commenting my forehead; i need to regrow my hair

i m nt sure if i am gona be like you guys. how can i stop it or know if i m really having hairloss or its just my parting problem

hey guys. mine started around 18. I'm currently 28 (male). I've been lucky thus far to have kept the majority of my hair, but have had a continuing receeding hair line at the temples. My Dad has a full head of hair, my mother has very thin fine hair, and her father (my grandfather was very bald on top early). I've heard it said that the gene comes from the mothers side, but honestly...WHO CARES? The bottom line is YOU have it and its bothersome.

I went through a depression about it around 19 when I asked my 4year girlfriend if she'd noticed and she didnt have to think twice before answering that she had. It's a kick in the balls.

Here's my .02 if you're interested.
If its sudden and extremely rapid, it may not be just common male pattern baldness which is caused by increased DHT. If its normal male pattern baldness, chances are you're hornier than a goat as well. Males with high testosterone levels have high DHT levels, and DHT is what cuts off and suffocates the hair follicles. Rogaine (Minoxidil) and products like it are DHT blockers.

PATTERN BALDNESS (androgenetic alopecia). In male- and female-pattern baldness, the time of growth shortens, and the hairs are not as thick or sturdy. With each growth cycle, the hairs become rooted more superficially and more easily fall out. Heredity likely plays a key role. A history of androgenetic alopecia on either side of your family increases your risk of balding. Heredity also affects the age at which you begin to lose hair and the developmental speed, pattern and extent of your baldness.

Cicatricial (scarring) alopecia. This type of permanent hair loss occurs when inflammation damages and scars the hair follicle. This prevents new hair from growing. This condition can be seen in several skin conditions, including lupus erythematosus or lichen planus. It's not known what triggers or causes this inflammation.

Alopecia areata. This is classified as an autoimmune disease, but the cause is unknown. People who develop alopecia areata are generally in good health. A few people may have other autoimmune disorders including thyroid disease. Some scientists believe that some people are genetically predisposed to develop alopecia areata and that a trigger, such as a virus or something else in the environment, sets off the condition. A family history of alopecia areata makes you more likely to develop it. With alopecia areata, your hair generally grows back, but you may lose and regrow your hair a number of times.

Telogen effluvium. This type of hair loss is usually due to a change in your normal hair cycle. It may occur when some type of shock to your system — emotional or physical — causes hair roots to be pushed prematurely into the resting state. The affected growing hairs from these hair roots fall out. In a month or two, the hair follicles become active again and new hair starts to grow. Telogen effluvium may follow emotional distress, such as a death in the family, or after a physiological stress, such as a high fever, sudden or excessive weight loss, nutritional deficiencies, surgery, or metabolic disturbances. Hair typically grows back once the condition that caused it corrects itself, but it usually take months.

Traction alopecia. Excessive hairstyling or hairstyles that pull your hair too tightly cause traction alopecia. If the pulling is stopped before there's scarring of your scalp and permanent damage to the root, hair usually grows back normally.

Other things like medications, infections, and stress can cause this. If its coming out in random clumps..its most likely NOT male pattern baldness.

What can you do? There's a ton of medications out there. My opinion is stay away from the hormonal drugs like Propecia. It may work for you, but has a lot more side affects than others (sexual side affects as well as emotional etc). I've started using the Rogaine Foam and after a month and a half, I believe I'm starting to see a difference. It's easy to use, dries quick, and much less of a hassel than the original Rogaine liquid which I hear was disgusting. It's not recommended for a receeding hair line, but instead for the crown. I myself am using it on the receeding hairline and I think its working. Time will tell. It's said to keep what you have now, and possibly regrow new hair.
Plan on spending approx. $50 per month on it. And you'll have to continue to do so, as its noted that stopping will lead to loss of the hair that it regrew or kept while using it.

Give it a shot if you think you have normal hair loss.
Otherwise you could look into surgical hair transplants, where they cut thin strips of hair from the back of your neck hairline (where most people keep their hair) and surgically remove and "replant" each hair in front or on top where you're balding. But its VERY expensive. I've also heard recently that they're doing some infrared light treatments to regrow hair that I may look into...although I'm sure thats expensive as well.

The other alternative is getting over it, not being vane, and making it work for you. Whatever you do, don't be self-conscious about it because it comes through. NO GIRL is into a selfconscious guy. Be proud, and don't be that comb-over guy. It's ridiculous. If you can't keep or regrow it, buzz it. Take care of what you can. Get in shape, lift weights etc.

Thats it for my words. Peace.

My hair recently began to shed about 2 months ago. Ive always had long beautiful hair (about 30 inches long)until I decided to cut it into a short boy cut about 7months ago. I missed my hair so I put a weave in it and when I took it out i had a small bald spot on the front side of my head. It annoyed me n I began to touch it all the time and i continued to straightn my hair. N soon the spot got bigger n bigger b/c i was still straightning my hair n i kept touching it n my hair was always oily n i got scabs. It was a mess.. Im responsible for losing my hair. It just sucks my friend was losing her hair when I still had my long hair n i used to be annoyed of her talking about it all the time but i understand now..But I severe stress, n this is contributing to it.

She went to the dermatologist n used a combination of Rogaine and an oral corticosteroids for 3 months and her hair grew back. She stopped using it and hasnt lost any hair since.

Im currently going to the my family doctor who is a Retard, but I've been using Nixion products to maintain a healthy hair enviornment n the follicle booster for Very thin areas..

I discovered it at a hair salon and asked about it n the stylist actually uses this product. I was excited!\

SHE WAS COMPLETLY BALD IN THE FRONT. She's been using Nioxin for 5mths and I would have never known she used to be bald. If the hair loss is severe use the Follicle Booster!

Your hair will come out if u use the shampoo/conditioner but if u just use the follicle booster it may not.

This stuff is kinda expensive though.
I had more hair b4 starting Nioxin so I recommend doing wat my friend did.

My hair is growing though..I'll keep u updated.

hey, when i was 21 i discovered my hairline was slightly receeding. it had always been highish i guess, but always full. i had grown my hair out into a bit of a beatles mop and one day after washing my hair, i combed my fringe back and saw in the mirror that i had these two dents on either side of my hairline where the hair had fallen out (i hadnt noticed earlier as my fringe covered my hairline). anyhow, the next day i went to the doctor and she confirmed my fears that i was really losing my hair. quite a shock when youre 21, so i know how ya feel to the guys who are around that age losing their hair too.

from that day i started on propecia (1mg pill a day). forget the "if your father isnt bald then you wont go bald" and all those other nonsense old wives tales. balding in men (a great deal of the time [excluding disease, stress etc) comes from your testosterone levels. if you have higher levels and your body cannot recycle it all, it can result in balding. propecia lowers your testosterone levels on top of your head which can slow down, stop, and even reverse the balding process.

anyhow, since starting on propecia my hairline filled out considerably over the last year and a half (im 23 now). after a couple months i noticed little faint hairs growing, and this continued. the hairs started nearer the middle of my head (where the hair had receded up to) and then travelled sideways to both sides of my head as time went on. when pushing my hair back fully you can still slightly detect where my receding hairline was, but the large majority of the bald dents in my hairline have filled out well. the rest of my hair is past my shoulders so i just have to wait for the new hair to catch up now heh. im not sure if the new growth will continue to improve or not (im told that what you see after a year on propecia is usually how good it will get in terms of hair coverage), so i guess ill see.

propecia works differently on everyone though, and women cant use it at all. but my advice to you if you are a man of any age starting to lose your hair would be to talk to your doctor about starting on propecia and/or see what they recommend in the way of slowly down/stopping the balding process. it depends on your circumstances and what you want to pay - propecia costs me about $100 a month in new zealand, but im more than happy with the results ive had with it and will continue to take it. the thing is to get in early, as you have a better chance of keeping your hair the sooner you try and tackle the balding monster.


good luck guys!

it happened to me i am 23 and started since 19, it sucks and its kinda weird but then i look around at my friends and all or most of them have a receding hairline bigger than mine, we joke around with them and actually started a money pot to see who goes bald first. its hard when u are the only one, but if u stress about it a lot it will get worse cause stress makes ur hair (and a lot of other things) fall. Dont trip over hair loss, research shows that a person that looses hair means that it has more testosterone than other men, meaning that they actually have more manlynness in them than the other person, i know that wont make u feel better but guys, come on!!! since when are men suppose to be so caring about our appearance!!! its not what woman look at. if u women were attracted to you cause of your hair, carrot top will be a womans dream! if u are successful it dont matter where your hair is. stop worrying about hair loss and worry about important things, like smoking drinking and other stuff that really hurts your body.

sucks that it happens but have to deal with it. it is part of life and it can happen to anyone once puberty begins. just don't waste money on stuff that is not proven to work. there are lot of products that claim many things about hair loss but it is just business. If those products really did work then baldness would not be a problem. Just spend money on what has been medically proven to help. Yet also keep in mind other factors that may slow the process like healthy lifestyle, but even that is not full proof that baldness will not occur. it is in the genes.

I am 23 and I have noticed that my hairline has been slowly receding ever since I was 18 . My older bro has no signs of balding..but in my family one of my uncle on my mothers side was already bald at the age of 23.
yup i guess letting it go is the best option for now..since no medical treatment to permanently regrow hair in a natural way is available yet..then we can just hope for the best that doctors will be able to discover ways to regrow hair. I am sure that there will be some future discovery but lets not hope that we will be bald as an egg when that time comes..lol

Research has shown balding men have much greater amounts of testosterone.
Now we all know what testosterone does dont we.
It makes much better lovers in bed.
So next time you see that bloke with a thick full head of hair you will know he makes a lowsy lover.