You’ve determined that you are suffering some form of hair loss. Who, or what, is at fault? Mother’s genes? Father’s genes? An environmental factor? Recent studies have found that the link between androgenic alopecia, more commonly known as Male Pattern Baldness (MPB) and the genetics inherited from your mother may be the stuff of myth. According to recent studies from the Aderans Research Institute, MPB is believed to be the interplay of several different genetic, hormonal and environmental factors.
The symptoms of MPB can begin as early as age 20. Typically, the process begins with a receding hairline and slowly spreads across the crown. Normally, each strand of hair grows for roughly two to six years. After a resting period, the hair falls out and is replaced with a new strand. With MPB, the hair follicle becomes smaller. The hair grows shorter and finer until eventually the follicle no longer grows hair. For most men, the entire process of going bald takes 15 to 25 years. That said, some men go bald in five years or less depending on the severity of their hair loss.
Is Mom to Blame?
It has been widely believed that hair loss is passed down from your mother’s genes. This is neither correct nor incorrect. While it’s true that a key gene for baldness lies on the X chromosome, which is inherited from your mother, it is not the only genetic factor at work. Men with bald or balding fathers have an increased chance of experiencing baldness when compared to men whose fathers have a full head of hair.
There are only a small number of scientific studies in regarding the genetics of MPB and there is only a single known family study on MPB. This study of patterns of hair growth in 22 families concluded that baldness was an autosomal dominant phenotype in men and an autosomal recessive phenotype in women. However, these results are questionable due to the lack of details regarding examination methods and sampling errors in this study, which was published in 1916.
What is known is that there are often times when an accelerated rate of progression of MPB will correlate with another event such as a change in medication or the progression of another medical disorder.
Is Dad to Blame?
A study that examined 410 men who were experiencing early onset baldness found evidence of a genetic influence from their father’s side in only 236 cases. The hair loss similarities between father and son have been observed in another study. The frequency of MPB in brothers of men having bald fathers was 66 percent compared to 46 percent with brothers of men with unaffected fathers. Further evidence against a single gene being responsible for MPB is the observation that only 33 percent of the fathers of 18 women suffering from baldness also had MPB. This finding suggests that other autosomal genes play an important role in MPB.
Could it be something else?
A study that involved 250 men between the ages of 35 and 65 found that those with blood pressure levels above 120 over 80 may have two times the risk of hair loss compared to those without.
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http://www.medicaldaily.com/going-bald-isnt-your-mothers-fault-maternal-genetics-are-not-blame-333668
http://www.hairlosstalk.com/hair-loss-news/News-sid-245-file-article-pageid-2.php
