Quote Originally Posted by MistressNomad View Post
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?