I'm still in the process of figuring out, with a derm's help, whether my loss is CTE or genetic, or both. I know it makes little difference that I have no AGA in my family, & one can develop it regardless. But isn't the likelihood of androgenic loss less with no family history? And from whom does one inherit the gene? I hear different things from dr's- some say mother's side, others say both. Which is correct, and wouldn't my likelihood increase if someone else had it?
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May 9, 2016
Answer: Hair loss inheritance pattern?Englewood Cliffs New Jersey
Jeff Rapaport, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
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You have a series of complex problems which require a doctor to sit down with you, examine you and then draw conclusions about the causes of your hair loss which appear to possibly be many. This is not easily done over the internet
