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am i paranoid about getting a receding hairline? im only 16 but at age 25 my dads hairline started receding. and im afraid if i just let my hair continue to grow its gonna get like that.
Possibly.
If it really is in your genes then there is little you can do about it. However I suspect it is paranoia - certainly letting your hair grown will do NOTHING to make it worse. Indeed what you may be imagining is the recession. In fact the strong hairs will be gaining length and the marginal ones many have will simply be staying put.
yeah, but hopefully it wont recede till later on, i never wear hats, rarely apply gel, never straighten or put weird products in it. doing whatever i can to prevent it basically.
Hi David,
I doubt very much that long hair has anything to do with a receding hairline. (But genetics does and there is really nothing that can be done about that.) Please try and not worry about it if possible. Grow your hair as long as you like and enjoy! Besides, unless genetics is very strong and has attacked every one of your ancestors as it has your Dad, chances are quite high that you will not have a problem at all. I can well see why you feel afraid however, for I treasure my own mane.
Justin
Length won't have any effect on whether you're going to go bald or not, nor will worrying about it. If it's going to happen, it's going to happen; getting stressed about it, though, just might speed the process up. It sounds cold, but you'll just have to live with it.
Just because your father's hair started thinning out and receding at the tender age of 25 doesn't necessarily mean your will. My grandfather was bald as since he was in his early 20s; the only time I ever saw him with hair it was store-bought. Similarly, my father went bald on top in his late 20s. Given that history, I thought I was going to be a dead duck (or at least a hairless one) before I was 30. Wrong. I think I picked up some good genes from my mother's side of the family. because here I am at 45 and still have most of mine, and it's waist-length. It's a little thin up top, but not so much that I worry about it.
So, just take what your genes will do and embrace it; it's not like you can change it.
