Is baldness hereditary?

There are many men in life, most of them are bald. Don’t think that they shave their hair for the sake of image. Some of them shave their hair because of habitual hair loss and find it very troublesome, and they have to clean their hair, so they shave their hair. Whether baldness is hereditary depends on the individual’s pathological condition. Generally, the possibility of it being passed on to girls is relatively small.

What are the chances of parents passing on hair loss to their children?

Experts say that hair loss is indeed a hereditary phenomenon, but it is not a male-specific problem. Medical research shows that 70% of hereditary hair loss comes from the mother and 30% from the father. This is very different from what people think, the problem of hereditary hair loss is actually caused by the mother. But many women do not have hair loss, so why is hair loss hereditary?

To understand this problem, we should first understand the root cause of hereditary hair loss. Experts say that the root cause of hereditary hair loss is the congenital structural defects of the hair follicles on the top of the head, which are easily stimulated by male hormones and cause the hair follicles to degenerate and atrophy, causing the hair to become thinner, shorter, softer, and thinner, until baldness occurs. In this process, the characteristics of hair follicles are the main reason. Children and girls generally do not suffer from hair loss because they do not have male hormones in their bodies. A woman may carry a hair loss gene, but because there is no male hormone in her body, she will not suffer from hair loss. However, this hair loss gene may be passed on to the next generation.

The root cause of hereditary hair loss lies in defects in hair follicles, which are difficult to change. Therefore, there is currently no particularly effective drug in the world to solve the problem of hereditary hair loss. However, although drugs cannot cure it, hair transplant surgery can completely solve this problem. Hair transplant surgery is a process that uses surgery to extract healthy hair follicles from the human body that are not affected by male hormones and transplant them to the area of ​​hair loss. After a successful transplant, the hair follicles can grow normally and will not fall out for a long time. Hair transplant surgery is considered by the world's medical community to be an effective way to treat hereditary hair loss, and is also an ideal choice for treating hair loss in developed countries such as Europe and the United States.