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TmplKnght - You're right, testosterone does play a tremendous role in baldness, but there are other factors as well. As with any genetic trait, the thickness and pattern of one's hair is determined by many different factors. Thanks for your comment!

-- Contributed by: Mayntz

Baldness is caused by the testosterone hormone or more specifically DHT. It isn't to do with contricting folicles. Hair growth occurs in cycles; a growth phase and a rest phase. Each folicle has its own cycle and they are not in sync. When we have a full head of hair, the growth phase is longer than the rest phase, but during baldness, the growth phase is short and so over all we look bald. The folicles still produce hair, but it is very small and has no pigment (translucent, not white).

-- Contributed by: TmplKnght

Matthew - I think you're referring to the type of coloring/thickening sprays that can help disguise thinning hair. A men's salon or barber shop may have some, or you can check in drug stores in the hair color aisle.

-- Contributed by: Mayntz

yes if i go in a store to buy hair spray to cover baldness which store will have that

-- Contributed by: matthew

Metro - Check out Hairstyles for Thinning Hair for some great, stylish ideas. Best wishes!

-- Contributed by: Mayntz

One thing I'd love to see as a male is not so much an explanation of hair loss or how to prevent it. But how to work with it. My hair started thinning about two years ago and it's to the point now where the hairstyles I used to carry off from my teens through my 30s no longer work. I've lost body up front, so the hair is flatter. My stylist currently layers it so that it has a little more body thanks to the shorter hairs holding up the slightly longer hairs. But I think this is starting to look ridiculous.

I haven't lost enough hair to justify shaving it all off though. I still have plenty of hair on the back and sides (again, typical of male pattern baldness). I've been toying with keeping it really short and just getting it cut more frequently. But, I don't know if that will work with the shape of my face and head (oval with a bit of jowliness at the jawline). My concern is that doing that will make me look even older than I am. I would like to still look young, but more like a young guy with thinning hair.

Anyone know of any styles that work with male pattern baldness to make it look a bit more stylish. Especially in relation to head/face shapes?

-- Contributed by: Metrosexual

Hi Avisheknath,

Chemicals can sometimes cause allergic reactions and affect the hair and scalp. It may be an allergic reaction to the straightening chemicals; however, hair loss at such an early age is also sometimes a symptom of other disorders. It may be best to contact your physician or dermatologist for further advice. Best wishes!

-- Contributed by: Amy Finley

hello there,everything in my body seems good except my hair.its falling so rapidly.M 24m.its frizzy and i went for straightening and now its falling like anything.i have alopecia and i sweat a lot and my scalp is itchy when m exposed 2 sun.i waaa gat straight hairs and can go for transplants either if required.plz advice m feeling terrible.

-- Contributed by: Avisheknath
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