As you age, knowing what is normal and
what is not may help you to recognize genetic causes
of your hair loss and hence what to do about it early
enough. It is much easier to treat hair loss when you
still have hair on your head.
Hair Texture
As we progress from babyhood to teenage
to adulthood, hair gets progressively thicker and courser.
Unfortunately for half of the male population they will
experience hair loss before reaching their 50s. For
many adults the stroger tecture fail to stay that way
as hair takes on a finer texture.
The change is slow and is not alarming.
Men heading into their 60s will have thinner hair shafts
even if they carry a full head of hair with them.
One third of the women will also experience
thinning hair shafts in menopausal years, due to increase
sensitivilty to the male hormone testosterone.
Hair Loss with Aging
Hair loss related to aging has often
been attributable to genetic prdispsition and continued
exposure to the male hormone DHT. The extent of this
depends upon each individual's genetic makeup as well
as the level of testosterone in the bloodstream.
For some men balding may start during
the teenage years. Some may experience a sudden genetic
switch that could result in raoid hair loss. However
this is not a common phenomenon. Neither does hair loss
occur in predictable, steady stages. Most people experience
cycles of slow and rapid hair loss. In any event it
is safe to assume that as a rule of thumb, hair volume
decreases with age.
Some hairs shrink in thickness and do
not drow as long. Eventually some of the thinner hair
are lost. In about one third of adults, even the hair
around the side and back gradually thins.
More on Patterns
of Baldness:
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