Where does genetic, inherited hair loss/AGA come from? Is it inherited on mother's side, father's side, grandparents?

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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?

Jeff Rapaport, MD · Answer

Male pattern baldness is inherited on the X chromosome and comes from the mother's side. Therefore, look towards the mothers father. For women, it can come from either the mother's side or father's. There is a 12% rate of non adherence to either pattern. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

İt is very complicated issue and no one knows answer . Some of my patients (male of female) has AGA with no family history as they know. (But actually they may not remember or know history/type of their whole family hair loss). Secondly ,  it is multifactoral issue that one may have the recessive gene and may express hair loss with environmental factors.

Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD · Answer

For women with FPHL/AGA, family history doesn't help much, except for early onset AGA in the teens and 20s. Then we see more of a link. But to answer the question posed, the genetics comes from both sides of the family and often skips generations Many, many women with FPHL do no have much in terms of a family history of AGA.

Baubac Hayatdavoudi, MD · Answer

It is multifactorial.  The gene loci for hair loss is located on over 100 different gene locations.  Any combination of the products this gene produces results in variability in hair loss.  As this can be obtained from both maternal and paternal sides, the etiology of hair loss becomes mutlifactorial.  To continue further, environmental and nutritional factors also play major roles in the follicular unit life span.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

I don't know of a genetic thread for CTE in women that has been recognized so looking at your heritage may not help.

Where does genetic, inherited hair loss/AGA come from? Is it inherited on mother's side, father's side, grandparents?

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Where does genetic, inherited hair loss/AGA come from? Is it inherited on mother's side, father's side, grandparents?

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