Do I have MPB when no one in my family is bald? (Photo)

June 29, 2015
Asked By:popo1990 in American Canyon, CA

I've been thinning since I was 13 years old and when I turned 18 a slight thinning in my crown happened. It was staying like that till this year when I turned 19 it went all bad. I've always had something like diffuse thinning since I was 13 if my hair was shorter than 1.5 inches. Now there is noticeable hairline recession, thin crown, and thinner hair all over head. No one in my family is bald and only my dad has a slight receding hairline. Should I do prp surgery? I am only 19.

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Answers (2)

From board-certified doctors and trusted medical professionals
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January 12, 2016

Answer: If you are male and have hair loss in a certain "pattern" you may have male pattern balding. It is genetic and it can skip

Jae Pak, MDHair Restoration Surgeon, Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
MOST RECENT
January 12, 2016

Answer: If you are male and have hair loss in a certain "pattern" you may have male pattern balding. It is genetic and it can skip

Jae Pak, MDHair Restoration Surgeon, Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
October 6, 2015

Answer: Hair loss treatment

Jaime S. Schwartz, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
October 6, 2015

Answer: Hair loss treatment

Jaime S. Schwartz, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon

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