# Curly hair leads to baldness **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 30, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814 "2010-04-30T01:41:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/1 "2010-04-30T01:41:27Z")
Looking back on the curly-haired men I’ve known since their youths, most are bald in their 40s. Does having curly hair make a man more disposed to baldness? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/2 "2010-04-30T01:59:14Z")
Just an anecdote. I have curly hair. Always did. I have much hair at 66. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/3 "2010-04-30T02:13:10Z")
Too much [Dihydrotestosterone in your skin’ll make you bald](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrotestosterone#Pathology). A lot of [cystine in your hair protein will make it curly](http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem99/chem99328.htm). I’m not seeing much of a connection between the two mechanisms. Being curly haired and 55, pattern baldness has had its chance with me and failed. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/4 "2010-04-30T02:17:23Z")
Straight hair also causes baldness. Evidence: me. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/5 "2010-04-30T02:30:50Z")
Guys with straight hair go bald, too. Trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/6 "2010-04-30T13:29:32Z")
Small sample FAIL ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/7 "2010-04-30T13:37:43Z")
^^^^ Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/8 "2010-05-01T02:55:41Z")
My sainted father will be 80 this summer. He still has all of his curly hair. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/9 "2010-05-01T05:36:07Z")
I have straight hair - very much rapidly going bald. My brother has curly hair, as did my Dad. Neither affected by baldness. They did have weight problems, though, which I do not, so you take the good with the bad. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-hair-leads-to-baldness/537814/10 "2010-05-01T11:54:26Z")
It’s possible that what you’re noticing is that it’s easier to hide partial baldness if you have straight hair than if you have curly hair.