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Is Hair Loss Hereditary?

Hi. I'm experiencing hair loss now. My doctor told me it's male pattern baldness, which is hereditary.

But I have a question here. My grandparents, my dad ,my brother all didn't have such a problem. Why is it only me? Is it really hereditary or maybe due to some other problem?

Tue, 12 Dec 2017
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hi there.
1. your concern is androgenic alopecia.
2. it's a male pattern baldness due to testosterone.
3. in most of the individuals its genetic, you might have got the genes from great grand fathers or from your maternal uncles.
4. in few individuals its pure hormonal due to male hormone, where there will no positive family history.
we can slow down the balding process and we can protect the remaining hair with few molecules available scientifically like finasteride, duetrastride, minoxidil , capixyl etc.
follow the guidelines which your dermatologist had suggested.
this will help you in protecting the remaining hair.
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Is Hair Loss Hereditary?

hi there. 1. your concern is androgenic alopecia. 2. it s a male pattern baldness due to testosterone. 3. in most of the individuals its genetic, you might have got the genes from great grand fathers or from your maternal uncles. 4. in few individuals its pure hormonal due to male hormone, where there will no positive family history. we can slow down the balding process and we can protect the remaining hair with few molecules available scientifically like finasteride, duetrastride, minoxidil , capixyl etc. follow the guidelines which your dermatologist had suggested. this will help you in protecting the remaining hair.