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i have a question, does anyone know if male pattern baldness can effect the terminal lenth of the hair thats left?
i have shoulder length hair and i'm balding in the front (receding hairline at the front and thinning on the top) the thing is the rest of the hair isnt getting any longer
its like once it got to shoulder length it wouldent get any longer. like if i trim it then it will grow back to the shoulders but no longer,
i've measured and there hasent been ANY growth in 6 months
anyone know anything about this?
Interesting question. I've always suspected that balding in the front would effect the terminal length, though I've noticed some guys who are bald in the front whose hair in the back is quite long. In fact, I think that is a hot look. I have a full hair of head, though I've noticed many guys who are bald in front whose hair in back is much longer than mine.
longhair511
From what I have read, male pattern baldness affects only the two areas you mentioned. First, it affects the frontal region, which spreads to the temporal areas. Concomitantly, it affects the upper occipital region. The remaining hair, esp the sides and back is unaffected. This is why hair transplants work. For some unknown reason, the hair on the sides and back is unaffected by hereditary male pattern baldness. This is true even when it's transplanted into the affected regions. Interesting, huh? Sorry to stray a bit off topic.
ToddB
i have a question, does anyone know if male pattern baldness can effect the terminal lenth of the hair thats left?
Yes, sometimes. When I was 18 and first grew my hair to 9 inches, I had a full head of hair and it grew seven of the nine inches in 15 months, approx the same as the usually quoted average of half an inch a month. My hair at that time showed no sign of stopping growing.
As mentioned in the 'next milestone' post below, I have not had my hair trimmed in any way for ove nine years (10 years in June '04). I am now 48, and have lost the hair on the top of my head, and the back and sides grew to 11 inches in 3 years and have not grown since, although it has thickened because there are now no hairs on my head that have ever been trimmed.
11 inches is disappointing, I would have liked a lot more, but at least I never need to think about a cut or a trim ever again.
On the other hand, I have seen other men with as much baldness on top as I have with waist length hair, so it looks as though some men are affected by reduced terminal length and others not.