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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Head Shaving => Topic started by: RayzorBlade on November 07, 2010, 08:32:00 AM

Title: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: RayzorBlade on November 07, 2010, 08:32:00 AM
Geneticists say you get your hair gene from your mothers father. My mothers father had a full head of hair and I'm bald, but my father is also bald. Does my father have some super gene that makes me bald or am I an exception to this rule?
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: The Noggin on November 07, 2010, 09:50:42 AM
As far as I know there are more genes involved. The most important one lies on the X chromosome so you inherit it from your mother, others you can get from your father.
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: RayzorBlade on November 07, 2010, 12:21:06 PM
Thanks Noggin,

I believe you are correct in that more than one gene is involved. Thanks for taking the survey.
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: Arnie on November 07, 2010, 12:40:11 PM
Same story hear...father was bald...my mom's father had a full head of hair.
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: kenny57028 on November 07, 2010, 01:16:00 PM
Yep same here my dads dad went bald at 18, my dad at 22. My moms dad had hair till he died at 73 tho.
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: RayzorBlade on November 07, 2010, 04:08:26 PM
And I thought I was the exception to the rule, guess not.
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: Magoo on November 07, 2010, 05:39:14 PM
Same story hear...father was bald...my mom's father had a full head of hair.

same story
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: InProgress on January 10, 2011, 01:05:45 AM
Yeah the mother's father thing isn't actually true. If there's an MPB gene on an X chromosome, you could inherit it from either of your mother's parents. You just probably wouldn't see it in your grandmother because it's MALE pattern baldness (i.e., not usually expressed in women except in extreme cases). But there are other, not sex linked baldness genes.
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: fcb2001 on January 10, 2011, 08:44:58 AM
My Mothers father was bald, my dad has a full head of hair,
I have a thining and receeding hairline, and if i grow my hair in a have a nice size bald spot on the back of my head.
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: jimbo48 on January 10, 2011, 08:22:32 PM
Both grandfathers were bald (MPB).  My dad has a full head of hair.  My older brother is bald (MPB).  My younger brother and I have full heads of hair.  I am bald by choice.
Title: Re: Bald by choice or by genetics?
Post by: baldsurfer on January 11, 2011, 06:42:56 AM
Mom's father was bald. Her brother is bald and his son started losing his hair by his senior year in high school. My dad'd father died with a full head of hair. My dad has all of his. And when I'm not shaving my head, I have a pretty full head of hair with only a thinning at the back.