Posts Tagged ‘male patterned hairloss’

Why Do Men Suffer from Balding More Than Women?

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

It all has to do with the gene of male pattern baldness and being a man (having testosterone). I call it triangle of baldness. This triangle has three sides:

  1. Gene (Gene of baldness)
  2. Sex (Being a man and having testosterone or male hormone)
  3. Time (Giving the gene and hormone enough time to destroy hair)

Women have their own gene of baldness that work independent of male hormones. Gene of female pattern baldness is not as prevalent as male pattern baldness and that is why we do not see too many women with hair loss as oppose to men with 60 percent rate of baldness by the age of 50.

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22 Year Old with Stage Three Hair Loss

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Question:
I am a 22 year old white male with some recession in the corners that has been bothering me in the last two years. Am I eligible for a hair transplant procedure?

stage 3 baldness

Answer:
I generally don’t recommend hair transplant before the age 24 (with some exceptions). We need to have a better understanding of the pattern of your hair loss before coming up with a surgical plan. If you are destined to become a stage VII (advanced stages of hair loss) the plan should be totally different than if you are going to stop at stage III.

We can usually see the final pattern of baldness by the age of 23 or 24 with a microscopic examination of scalp. We should be able to determine whether or not you are going to stop at stage III or if you are heading to more advanced stages such as VI or VII. We can densely pack the corner areas knowing that the patient had plenty of reserve and is not going to lose much more. But if you are supposed to become severely bald, we should be more conservative in repairing your frontal corners knowing that you are going to need a good portion of your hair for the top and crown areas of your scalp in the future.

If I see the evidences of end stage hair loss at an earlier age, I can more safely plan for hair transplant at that age rather than waiting for a more advanced age since the patient is already showing the signs of sever baldness.

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