Thread: Going bald...

Better get used to being called chrome dome or cue ball eh? Just for the record I've lost most of my hair on top.

Originally Posted by TheBaron

I've never understood the stigma with loosing hair.

I have read that balding is linked to higher testosterone levels in the body. You will also notice that women generally don't go bald.

This being the case, it could be said that going bald should be a sign that you are biologically more of a man compared to those growing old with a full head of hair.

It actually depends on your hair's reaction to androgen - and androgen is the "universal" hormone. There is an androgen receptor gene in the hair follicles which is X-linked, and that more or less determined if you will go bald.

There are several other genes involved as well, which determine severity, onset, ect.

So, some guys lose it all up top, some guys just thin out a bit or some get bald patches, and some guys keep their full head of hair to the grave - and they can all be equally testosterone-laden.

If a woman has the flawed receptor gene on both chromosomes, she will also experience some amount of balding (though usually less, due to different means of processing hormones).

I never really saw the big deal about it. I knew a guy in high school who was pretty much totally bald by the age of 16. But he was a fantastic actor and muscian - he got the parts, and the girls swooned.

Having a bit of a breeze up top didn't seem to stop him from having fun and having a life.

It's amazing how caught up we get in this superficial stuff. My mothere didn't even start going gray until her mid-40's - which is pretty good! But she was still distraught when she started seeing gray, as though she never could have guessed it would happen someday. It's just a bit of gray - I think it looks cool! I'm kinda looking forward to going gray, and getting crows feet.

Gentlemen, I would like to let you in on a secret that my wife let slip. This is one of those sacred woman's business things that us men are not supposed to know, so be careful who you tell.

Here it is.
Women find it hard to resist a man who has little or no hair on his head. The only pretend that it is unatractive because if more men knew this secret there would be a lot more bald guys. Not to mention all the nice girls who would be in fear of becoming borderline nimphomaniacs.

So men, wear your bald or balding head with pride. Women really think you are super sexy.

Originally Posted by ndw76

Gentlemen, I would like to let you in on a secret that my wife let slip. This is one of those sacred woman's business things that us men are not supposed to know, so be careful who you tell.

Here it is.
Women find it hard to resist a man who has little or no hair on his head. The only pretend that it is unatractive because if more men knew this secret there would be a lot more bald guys. Not to mention all the nice girls who would be in fear of becoming borderline nimphomaniacs.

So men, wear your bald or balding head with pride. Women really think you are super sexy.

Your wife was obviouly buttering you up for something! Beware!!!!

Originally Posted by MistressNomad

It actually depends on your hair's reaction to androgen - and androgen is the "universal" hormone. There is an androgen receptor gene in the hair follicles which is X-linked, and that more or less determined if you will go bald.

There are several other genes involved as well, which determine severity, onset, ect.

So, some guys lose it all up top, some guys just thin out a bit or some get bald patches, and some guys keep their full head of hair to the grave - and they can all be equally testosterone-laden.

If a woman has the flawed receptor gene on both chromosomes, she will also experience some amount of balding (though usually less, due to different means of processing hormones).

I never really saw the big deal about it. I knew a guy in high school who was pretty much totally bald by the age of 16. But he was a fantastic actor and muscian - he got the parts, and the girls swooned.

Having a bit of a breeze up top didn't seem to stop him from having fun and having a life.

It's amazing how caught up we get in this superficial stuff. My mothere didn't even start going gray until her mid-40's - which is pretty good! But she was still distraught when she started seeing gray, as though she never could have guessed it would happen someday. It's just a bit of gray - I think it looks cool! I'm kinda looking forward to going gray, and getting crows feet.

I take it you haven't suffered from male pattern baldness yourself?

Originally Posted by MistressNomad

I never really saw the big deal about it. I knew a guy in high school who was pretty much totally bald by the age of 16. But he was a fantastic actor and muscian - he got the parts, and the girls swooned.

See, it's true. The secret is out.

I began losing hair at the age of 16; thought it was the end of the world. At the ripe ole age of 25, I've learned to just accept it. It was kinda weird back then; now about half the guys my age are going through the same process

Embrace it. Women think that thinning hair is sexy! Well, that's what my ego told me, anyway...

Apparently it all has something to do with your mothers father, if he is bald you will be, if he is not you won,t. Works in my case, my mothers father died at 88 with a full head of grey hair and my two brothers and I at over 50 still have all our hair allbeit a little grey. My father was bald at 30. I think we have enough people here to check this theory out.

My father tells me he is bald from his head rubbing on the bedhead!

My mother's father had a full head of hair and my father is going bald. I also have the same pattern of baldness as my father

I can see how it's a big deal if you're going through it, but I guess I was just trying to say that we aren't as critical of it as you are.

I believe it's linked to your maternal uncles? At least the main gene - the androgen receptor one.

But there are quite a few genes involved. Even if you lack the flawed androgen receptor, if you have all the other ones, you might still go bald.

As with a lot of things in genetic, it's not just a simple answer. Those little eye-color grids in biology are deceptively simplistic.