Bald by choice or by genetics?

• Bald by choice or by genetics? by RayzorBlade on 07 Nov, 2010 08:32
• 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?
• #1 by The Noggin on 07 Nov, 2010 09:50
• 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.
  
• #2 by RayzorBlade on 07 Nov, 2010 12:21
• Thanks Noggin,
  
  I believe you are correct in that more than one gene is involved. Thanks for taking the survey.
• #3 by Arnie on 07 Nov, 2010 12:40
• Same story hear...father was bald...my mom's father had a full head of hair.
• #4 by kenny57028 on 07 Nov, 2010 13:16
• 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.
• #5 by RayzorBlade on 07 Nov, 2010 16:08
• And I thought I was the exception to the rule, guess not.
• #6 by Magoo on 07 Nov, 2010 17:39
• Quote from: Arnie on 07 Nov, 2010 12:40

  Same story hear...father was bald...my mom's father had a full head of hair.
  

  
  same story
• #7 by InProgress on 10 Jan, 2011 01:05
• 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.
• #8 by fcb2001 on 10 Jan, 2011 08:44
• 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.
• #9 by jimbo48 on 10 Jan, 2011 20:22
• 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.
• #10 by baldsurfer on 11 Jan, 2011 06:42
• 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.