# Hair Loss (when do you know?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 30, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700 "2000-01-30T04:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/1 "2000-01-30T04:37:00Z")
I am 35 with very thick hair that hasn’t receded an inch. This guy at work was saying that at my age that is a sign it’ll fall out fast. But he is so thin in terms of hair he is bald for all purposes. I think he’s lyin’. Anyway how old do you have to be when you can assume you will keep your hair (or most of it). Yeah I know nothing is 100% ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/2 "2000-01-30T04:41:00Z")
Well, if you’re 35 with very thick hair that hasn’t receded an inch, that’s a pretty sure sign that your hair will fall out fast. Peace, mangeorge * * * I only know two things; I know what I need to know And I know what I want to know Mangeorge, 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/3 "2000-01-30T04:50:00Z")
If you are 35 and have thick hair, you will likely stay that way. Your hair will thin over time the same way that women’s hair gets thinner. I’m 36, and have been bald since my early 20’s. It bothered me until shaved heads became common, and I followed suit. ---
**Author:** ![trouts1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@trouts1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trouts1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/4 "2000-01-30T04:51:00Z")
The long term studies were even more bizzare. Early death at 3-4 years post fallout. Amazing. Full details at: [http://www.early\_death\_studies\_center.org](http://www.early_death_studies_center.org) ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/5 "2000-01-30T05:03:00Z")
Hell… is there a way I can make my hair thin faster? (evenly) my hair is so thick at almost 28 that I feel like a mushroom head 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/6 "2000-01-30T05:47:00Z")
Stay tuned for further adventures in this hair-razing story. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/7 "2000-01-30T05:54:00Z")
Thanx for the help guys now Mon when I go into work to show him up by using this site as a source I’ll be laughed at. 🙂 Anyone have any info I can use to defend myself for real ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/8 "2000-01-30T06:01:00Z")
Search “Male patternm baldness” That ought to convince you that we’re serious. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/9 "2000-01-30T16:44:00Z")
xxx take a look at your grandfolks pictures, that should be a clue. 70-80 years of age it might still be falling out. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/10 "2000-01-31T20:47:00Z")
Hey, I’m 41 and still have plenty of hair (albeit starting to gray in spots). OTOH, my 35-year-old brother is getting sparse up there. It’s genetics. Male hair loss is not a given as a guy gets older. For that matter, my father is 73 and has more hair than his 35-year-old son! And what did that guy mean when he said it would fall out faster? Do you think it’s just going to drop off your noggin all at once and lie there in the shower like roadkill? * * * The Dave-Guy “since my daughter’s only half-Jewish, can she go in up to her knees?” J.H. Marx ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/11 "2000-02-01T09:47:00Z")
I heard a statistic once that said your hairloss will be similar to your paternal grandfather’s. Does that seem right? * * * “Just because I don’t care, doesn’t mean I don’t understand.”–Homer J. Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/12 "2000-02-01T15:45:00Z")
The way it was explained to me is baldness is linked to your mom’s dad. So if your mom’s dad (maternal grandpa) was bald there is a good chance…that was what they told me back in grade 11 biochemistry. BTW my mother has very thick, long hair, all of her brothers are balding (5 of them) her mom’s dad was bald. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-loss-when-do-you-know/6700/13 "2000-02-01T16:16:00Z")
I have tons of hair but not in the areas I used to. It takes my hair dresser of 15 years, 35 minutes to cut it.