To send a link and summary of this article to a friend, click here . If you re looking for a cure for male pattern baldness, you won t find it here.
Hair loss is a trait inherited through the maternal side of the family.
If your mom s dad or her brothers are bald, the cards are stacked against you. Unless you re willing to spend hundreds of dollars a year on hair-raising new drugs that may or may not produce results, you ll just have to resign yourself to a future of diminishing strands. Not all hair loss is inevitable, however, nor is the decline entirely controlled by genes. Stress, hormone changes, and vitamin or mineral deficiencies can lead to fast fallout. Moreover, you re likely to lose hair faster if your hair follicles become inflamed or if you get skin disorders that affect your scalp.