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I was going bald, started to thin about three years ago. Said to hell with it and shaved it off.
Now, for the real question....
Are you going bald, Tare? Just wondering, really 8)
-Gie
Edited, Tue Apr 27 19:20:50 2004 by Gie
Are you going bald, Tare? Just wondering, really 8)
-Gie
Edited, Tue Apr 27 19:20:50 2004 by Gie
Not yet...it's early days though. Anything could happen.
Thanks for caring, Gie.
Thanks for caring, Gie.
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Glad we cleared that up. I was concerned.
-Gie
Edit I spell things wrong
Edited, Tue Apr 27 20:46:25 2004 by Gie
-Gie
Edit I spell things wrong
Edited, Tue Apr 27 20:46:25 2004 by Gie
I started going bald when I was 18 SON OF A _-_-_
all my brothers are going bald too. DAMN YOU ALL TO _-_-
My dad is not going bald! WTF!!!
all my brothers are going bald too. DAMN YOU ALL TO _-_-
My dad is not going bald! WTF!!!
Baldness comes from the mother's side of the family, so your dad doesn't even factor in. Yay!
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
WooT!! I may be in luck then. Both of my mothers brothers are long haired hippies.
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Tare wrote:
Baldness comes from the mother's side of the family, so your dad doesn't even factor in. Yay!
I've heard this so many times...
My mom's dad had a full head of hair.
My dad lost his hair in his late teens and early 20's.
I repeated the pattern myself, losing much hair in my mid-teens, getting thinner and thinner until my ponytail looked rather ridiculous in my early 20's.
So while it's a typical genetic pattern - it's not ALWAYS the rule - I'm pretty close to my dad's clone (at least I know that I'm not a product of the milkman...)
That is true Mikeinsb. There are several genetic contributors to baldness. However, the most common, "male pattern baldness" is carried on the mother's genes.
That's no guarantee though. Obviously, if either your father, or your mother's brother is balding, you've got a chance to inherit it as well. If neither is, then you've got a pretty good chance. But there's no guarantee in any direction. I've known people who come from a family of full-haired folks who developed baldness, and others who have virtually every male anywhere in the family tree bald, but never get it. It's just probabilities. Somewhat by definition, there will always be exceptions.
I've also seen some totally bizzare (and seemingly impossibly unlikely) twists of genetics. For example: The male contributes an X or X, and the female an X or Y. Since XX is male and XY female, then the logical conclusion is that the gender of the child is soley determined by random chance from the mother, right? Yet, I know a family where there is literally an unbroken line of males going back about 6 generations. Every male child has had nothing but male children. And not just one or two. At least 3 or 4 children in each family. The odds are staggeringly unlikely, but it's so far held true. Heck. I knew one of the sons, after he'd mentioned this anomaly about his family to me, and watched as he and his wife proceeded to have 3 sons over the next 5 years or so. The Mormon Church loves these guys btw...
Um. No real point to that story other then to say that despite all our knowledge, we still don't know all the factors involved in genetics. Not by a longshot.
That's no guarantee though. Obviously, if either your father, or your mother's brother is balding, you've got a chance to inherit it as well. If neither is, then you've got a pretty good chance. But there's no guarantee in any direction. I've known people who come from a family of full-haired folks who developed baldness, and others who have virtually every male anywhere in the family tree bald, but never get it. It's just probabilities. Somewhat by definition, there will always be exceptions.
I've also seen some totally bizzare (and seemingly impossibly unlikely) twists of genetics. For example: The male contributes an X or X, and the female an X or Y. Since XX is male and XY female, then the logical conclusion is that the gender of the child is soley determined by random chance from the mother, right? Yet, I know a family where there is literally an unbroken line of males going back about 6 generations. Every male child has had nothing but male children. And not just one or two. At least 3 or 4 children in each family. The odds are staggeringly unlikely, but it's so far held true. Heck. I knew one of the sons, after he'd mentioned this anomaly about his family to me, and watched as he and his wife proceeded to have 3 sons over the next 5 years or so. The Mormon Church loves these guys btw...
Um. No real point to that story other then to say that despite all our knowledge, we still don't know all the factors involved in genetics. Not by a longshot.
King Nobby wrote:
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my hair line has receeded about an inch in the last year, and since im 16, that kinda worrying, it better stop, or ill be a completely bald 25 yr old
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The Mormon Church loves these guys btw...
It is as I suspected.
Thought I was doing good, maybe a little tiny spot in the back from the way i comb my hair but no complaints. Then I get the idea to shave my head really short for a change, just one problem, now is im noticing that the top of my head is thinning badly. So now to HIDE it I have to keep my hair cut short.
*sigh* me and my great ideas.
*sigh* me and my great ideas.
well my mom has lots of hair, my grandma to and my other grandma and my great grandma's, so im good!
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gbaji wrote:
I've also seen some totally bizzare (and seemingly impossibly unlikely) twists of genetics. For example: The male contributes an X or X, and the female an X or Y. Since XX is male and XY female, then the logical conclusion is that the gender of the child is soley determined by random chance from the mother, right? Yet, I know a family where there is literally an unbroken line of males going back about 6 generations. Every male child has had nothing but male children. And not just one or two. At least 3 or 4 children in each family. The odds are staggeringly unlikely, but it's so far held true. Heck. I knew one of the sons, after he'd mentioned this anomaly about his family to me, and watched as he and his wife proceeded to have 3 sons over the next 5 years or so. The Mormon Church loves these guys btw...
Two things:
First, males contribute an X or a Y, while females contribute only an X. The situation is reversed in insects (excepts moths & butterflies, for some reason).
Second, the odds for the family pattern you describe are no different from any other pattern. Think of it as a lottery. While the odds of a particular person winning the lottery are vanishingly small, the odds of someone winning are quite high.
I know, it seems counterintuitive, but it's true.
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The men in my family tend toward a small "friar tuck" type bald spot the size of a yamaka on the back of our heads.
Smash, was that yarmulke or yamaha? Think one is bigger than the other.
FYI....
your hair gene comes from your mothers side.. not your fathers..
your hair gene comes from your mothers side.. not your fathers..
tarv wrote:
No my barnet should last untill 60 if dear 'ol dad is anything to go by.
Smash might make me go grey though.
Smash might make me go grey though.
Sorry, Tarv. Baldness is inherited from the mother's side. Better check to see what your maternal grandfather looked like.
Or still does, if he's still alive (we can all hope).
My maternal grandfather wasn't quite a cricket-ball, but looked close.
MoebiusLord the Flatulent wrote:
I just got hair on my nuts. Now I have to worry about losing it?
Nah, smash will chew them off before the day is out.
trunksbrando wrote:
no, men in my family dont go bald, my dad has to much hair and my grandpa to so im good
Sorry Trunks, like I told Tarv, you need to look at your mom's side of the family. That's where the baldness come from.
Am I going bald? Ummm, nope, not any more. 
Little late, and redundant, aren't you Vaan?
lol, yeppers got hair growing about everywhere else but on my head total retreat. Yet every woman who knows me tells me to grow it out?
My husband has that widows peak thing going on. He assures me he will lose all the hair at the top, but that its spreading to his back and chest... you know what... I believe him.
The older I get the more hair sprouts out of my ears and nose...
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The Glorious Cherrabwyn wrote:
FYI.... your hair gene comes from your mothers side.. not your fathers..
Vaanan wrote:
trunksbrando wrote:
no, men in my family dont go bald, my dad has to much hair and my grandpa to so im good
Sorry Trunks, like I told Tarv, you need to look at your mom's side of the family. That's where the baldness come from.
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