Is Baldness in Your Crystal Ball?

While I agree with most of what you said--there are some treatments available to restore or regrow hair. There are two drugs, Propecia and Rogaine that are FDA approved and have worked for some. There are also hair transplantations available as well.

For me, on a scale of 1-10, this is probably a 10 in importance, as I have more hair than I now what to do with. lol But, I have also been bald 3 different times due to cancer treatments--and I know it really bothers some people to be missing their hair.

Yes, thea--many people can tell if they are going to lose their hair, just by looking at some of the men in their family. It is inherited through the genes of the maternal side. Even so, I find it interesting the way that works out.

In my ex-husband's family there are 3 brothers. The eldest started going bald when he about 18 and has lost most of his hair. The middle one has very thick hair mostly, but is losing some at the crown. The youngest one, who is only a year younger, has a full head of hair.

I agree with you completely about the comb-overs! Yuck! I'd much rather see them just shave it off.:-)

And they are always greasy too as they just can't keep their hands out of them. Sad to think they have not one person brave enough to tell them that they are having a permanent bad hair day.

Well, I have a feeling some of their wives or girlfriends may have said something, but they refuse to listen. Men can be very vain, more so than women sometimes--especially when it comes to hair, for some reason.

My least favorite is the fellow who really only has one long strand of hair left and he winds it all around his head! One gust of wind, and it's all hanging down from one side. I don't know who they think they're fooling. Themselves, I guess.:-)

Thank you for the best response Holly, much appreciated

You're welcome and I appreciate the response1 xo

I agree, there are more important things to get screened for. Hair loss isn't life threatening as far as I know.

I was just interested because the video that I saw showed a father (age about 40) and his son, age 16. In the video, both the father and son were tested. The father showed low risk and the son showed high risk.

At age 16, it freaked the boy out a bit, but he also said that he wouldn't likely do anything about it until he actually noticed some thinning, which he hadn't yet.

Since your Mom still had most of her hair and you are female, your risk would probably be low anyway. I bet you're glad about that! lo

Quite glad.:-)

Well just for fun I went googling around looking for "bald men with long hair" thinking of coming up with a ghoulish picture I could post and instead I came up with this. Yul Brynner - bald man of the century (must have been the last century lol. I'm still kicking myself for missing my chance at seeing him in his farewell tour of The King and I. But I guess I digress...

PS I'm not touching the testosterone thing with a 10 foot pole

Thinning around the crown and high testosterone levels---perhaps that was King Henry XIII's problem all along! Actually it's high DHT levels, not high testosterone according to what I've read.

Personally, the state of baldness on a guy makes little difference to me. It much more important what goes on INSIDE someone's head than on the outside--male or female.

Yul Brynner was amazingly sexy though!:-)

you are right on all counts Holly!!!

You are right and have a great attitude about it too! Thank you for stopping by.:-)