The Early Signs Of Balding (Causes and 6 Signs)

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0:00 Introduction
0:17 Causes of Balding
1:17 Early signs of Balding

Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body.[2] Typically at least the head is involved.[4] The severity of hair loss can vary from a small area to the entire body.[7] Inflammation or scarring is not usually present.[4] Hair loss in some people causes psychological distress.[3]

Common types include male- or female-pattern hair loss, alopecia areata, and a thinning of hair known as telogen effluvium.[4] The cause of male-pattern hair loss is a combination of genetics and male hormones; the cause of female pattern hair loss is unclear; the cause of alopecia areata is autoimmune; and the cause of telogen effluvium is typically a physically or psychologically stressful event.[4] Telogen effluvium is very common following pregnancy.[4]

Less common causes of hair loss without inflammation or scarring include the pulling out of hair, certain medications including chemotherapy, HIV/AIDS, hypothyroidism, and malnutrition including iron deficiency.[3][4] Causes of hair loss that occurs with scarring or inflammation include fungal infection, lupus erythematosus, radiation therapy, and sarcoidosis.[3][4] Diagnosis of hair loss is partly based on the areas affected.[4]

Treatment of pattern hair loss may simply involve accepting the condition, which can also include shaving one's head.[4] Interventions that can be tried include the medications minoxidil (or finasteride) and hair transplant surgery.[5][6] Alopecia areata may be treated by steroid injections in the affected area, but these need to be frequently repeated to be effective.[4] Hair loss is a common problem.[4] Pattern hair loss by age 50 affects about half of men and a quarter of women.[4] About 2% of people develop alopecia areata at some point in time.[4] Baldness is the partial or complete lack of hair growth, and part of the wider topic of "hair thinning". The degree and pattern of baldness varies, but its most common cause is androgenic hair loss, alopecia androgenetica, or alopecia seborrheica, with the last term primarily used in Europe.[citation needed]
Hypotrichosis

Hypotrichosis is a condition of abnormal hair patterns, predominantly loss or reduction. It occurs, most frequently, by the growth of vellus hair in areas of the body that normally produce terminal hair. Typically, the individual's hair growth is normal after birth, but shortly thereafter the hair is shed and replaced with sparse, abnormal hair growth. The new hair is typically fine, short and brittle, and may lack pigmentation. Baldness may be present by the time the subject is 25 years old.[8]
Signs and symptoms
A case of mid-frontal baldness: Andre Agassi

Symptoms of hair loss include hair loss in patches usually in circular patterns, dandruff, skin lesions, and scarring. Alopecia areata (mild – medium level) usually shows in unusual hair loss areas, e.g., eyebrows, backside of the head or above the ears, areas the male pattern baldness usually does not affect. In male-pattern hair loss, loss and thinning begin at the temples and the crown and hair either thins out or falls out. Female-pattern hair loss occurs at the frontal and parietal.

People have between 100,000 and 150,000 hairs on their head. The number of strands normally lost in a day varies but on average is 100.[9] In order to maintain a normal volume, hair must be replaced at the same rate at which it is lost. The first signs of hair thinning that people will often notice are more hairs than usual left in the hairbrush after brushing or in the basin after shampooing. Styling can also reveal areas of thinning, such as a wider parting or a thinning crown.[citation needed]
Throughout his political career, Urho Kekkonen, the President of Finland, was well known for his baldness. He was last known to have had hair in about the 1920s.[10] This photo is of Kekkonen in 1959.
Skin conditions

A substantially blemished face, back and limbs could point to cystic acne. The most severe form of the condition, cystic acne, arises from the same hormonal imbalances that cause hair loss and is associated with dihydrotestosterone production.[11]
Psychological

[magnaoman]

Growing up, I always wanted thin hair because mine is thick and wavy, I never considered going bald.

[simishuklanice]

Since I began using litttllextraa coocooniion shampoo and hair conditioner, I've noticed a good reduction in hair fall. My hair feels softer and looks shinier. Compared to using other shampoos I faced more hair fall. Moreover, I now use a scalp massager which I believe is also helping reducing hair fall.

[gfelix]

My grandpa is 80 something and still has his full hair. Lol

[elegantjaytv]

Moms side of my family doesn’t bald at all. Everybody has hair regardless of age. My dads side everybody goes bald. My dad was receding in highschool. I just turned 24 no signs of balding yet. Feel like I accomplished something. Let’s see how far I can get.

[Davidflynn]

Nobody in my family is bald but I noticed my hairline receding at 16, somebody help

[UnknownUser_]

I‘m 23 and have temples. Beside of that, my hair is thick, no sign of thinning and it grows very fast. My hairline is not the best. In the middle there is a distance of 6 cm to the eyebrows and at the temples it’s 8.5-9 cm to the eyebrow. But the hair at my hairline is also thick and not miniaturized. Hopefully I inherited the hair genetics from my grandpa who had a full head of hair till his 70s. Just then it started to thin. Beside of him everybody in my family is balding more or less.

[StretchG]

I love being bald. I went bald at 21 in prison and now I’m 23. I came home and my
Body count doubled LOL

[curiousconsultant]

So strange that I have a deep voice, a thick and full beard, and some muscle mass, also my dad and little brother lost their hairs but (KNOCK ON WOOD) at almost 26 my hair is as thick as ever, it's really scary to think that it could fall at any moment yet its still here for now here's hopping I don't have the gene

[sonicfrog]

1:36 I literally looked up this video for this reason.

[diyi]

Hairline receded like the Atlantic coast starting around 33 yo. At 45, it was so noticeable, I just shaved it off, and haven't looked back.

[Tmes-wdsc]

Im 18 and i have a receding hairline and I’ve got the crown thing and my hair takes forever to grow it started when i was 14 but it wasn’t obvious till i got 17

[Dasolecollector]

I’m not bald but I do have a M shaped hairline I been having it since I was in middle school but it’s more back now. I wouldn’t say it looks bad because I can still rock it where I cover the M shaped hairline. I look back on old photos of when I was 17/18 and my hair looked more thicker and full even doe I still had that M shaped hairline. Does this mean that I will be going bald by the time I’m 30 I’m 25 now

[bluemanno]

Diffuse thinning is the worst, can see half my scalp at any angle. I'd much rather have it have receded some.

[zarif]

I’m 13 and I have a receding hairline and can see my scalp through my har

[rico]

My barber said the hair in the top is thinning, nobody in my family is bald, I'm scared

[Gameplayery]

Oh well, going clean bald Isn't that bad nowadays

[Ichigo-gpvq]

When i randomly run my fingers around back of my hair, 3-4 hair fall out everytime. Im not thinning or receding from the front, and neither at the crown. Is this normal

[lamarron]

This is helpful but what are some solutions…

[Supermexican]

Well..I was paranoid, but when I saw that people lose 100 hairs a day, I was like 'oh'...I was SO PARANOID, I'm 14, I combed my hair and saw like 54 thin hairs on the comb...anyway...I need to start improving my hair habits just in case

[extendedcinematicuniverse]

Help me My hairs are thinning idk what to do im only 18