Teen balding

[Anonymous]

My father and both my grandfathers had early male pattern baldness. My brother's hair started thinning in high school. Now my 12 year old's hairline is receding. He hasn't mentioned it, but I see it and wonder if he should start using Minoxodil or something. Anyone else dealt with this? I'm his mom, btw.

[Anonymous]

Wtf

[Anonymous]

Take him to the dermatologist.

[Anonymous]

Omg, poor kid.

[Anonymous]

OMG take him to the dermatologist immediately. Get him on Finasteride and Minoxidil (oral) immediately. What kind of horrible parent are you that you don't know to do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My father and both my grandfathers had early male pattern baldness. My brother's hair started thinning in high school. Now my 12 year old's hairline is receding. He hasn't mentioned it, but I see it and wonder if he should start using Minoxodil or something. Anyone else dealt with this? I'm his mom, btw.

Doesn't work. Turns your boy into a girl with weak joints.

Is that what you and he wants?

[Anonymous]

I mean, given the family history it's probably standard male pattern baldness. Certainly I knew guys who were balding by high school.

But since hair loss can be an early symptom of some illnesses, I'd call your pediatrician and ask for a blood panel. Just to be sure.

[Anonymous]

My coach went bald at 22 we used to call him a bald-headed monkey

[Anonymous]

See a dermatologist.

[Anonymous]

Dermatologist for sure...reminds me of a HS classmate who was balding our senior year.

[Anonymous]

No one should be balding in this day and age. There are so many treatments. I would not start with a dermatologist though - take him for a full work up at his pediatrician.

The one thing we know - hair is not just cosmetic. Hair is the visible manifestation of what is happening inside the body. Hair loss has been linked to increased aging, worse heart function, low vitamin stores - a lot of things.

Just because it is genetic does not mean there is not a cause - and a solution. If you have a family history of diabetes, for example, do they just say, "oh bad luck, you will get it too!" No, they say, you are more susceptible to this because of your genes, these are the things that cause it and these are the solutions. Hair loss is no different than diabetes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My father and both my grandfathers had early male pattern baldness. My brother's hair started thinning in high school. Now my 12 year old's hairline is receding. He hasn't mentioned it, but I see it and wonder if he should start using Minoxodil or something. Anyone else dealt with this? I'm his mom, btw.

Doesn't work. Turns your boy into a girl with weak joints.

Is that what you and he wants?

Totally false. Where did you learn this?

[Anonymous]

Embrace the Mr. Clean look early. Shave it close and stay jacked.

[Anonymous]

Hair loss is not like diabetes

Do you really think there would be any bald men in Hollywood if indeed there were a hair loss solution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Embrace the Mr. Clean look early. Shave it close and stay jacked.

This is a good possible answer. Get him checked out medically, explore your options but DONOT catastrophize this. My son has alopecia. He’s been totally bald since second grade. The treatment options for his auto-immune condition are not appealing and while there were some tough times, by MS, he rocked his bald head with total confidence. He has no interest in treatments that increase his risk for lymphoma or severe infections. Risk that might make sense for some, but not if your kid is happy despite being different than most.