Why Am I Going Bald? | Earth Science

[@Divide21]

I don't mind going bald.... If it didn't hit me in my late teens / early 20s.

[@semy28FGC]

I'd probably do many things not to go bold. I don't care about other peoples perception of me, I want to be satisfied with my look, and that includes full hair.

[@stedunn563]

Exactly, I don't give a crap about other people's thoughts but I don't wanna feel bad about what I think.

[@LiquidZulu]

I got an ad for hair transplant before this.

[@alexlawrence1337]

When I played fable back in the day I remember the bald haircut. The description was "A sign of wisdom, work-related stress, and androgenic alopecia"

[@alexlawrence1337]

***** It was also the haircut that gave you the most attractiveness and reduced the most scariness.

[@Cimlite]

***** Peter Molyneux, the game's designer, has been bald since as far as I can remember. Probably just a coincidence, I'm sure. ;P

[@seph_f]

For some irrational reason I am upset that the man in this video has perfect hair

[@leslie7872]

its really not perfect...

[@terrylambert8149]

i don't mind going bald but why is hair growing on my back instead? that just rude.

[@MadSyriaa]

Terry Lambert 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrApplehair]

Thats terrible by the way :/

[@Marticulated]

I started going bald at about 17, 22 now and I think its about time to accept it and just shave whats left off

[@jackwheatley9114]

I'm 2 months old and have no hair

[@rahulkothapalli202]

Jack Wheatley LOL😂🤣🤣

[@nal004]

Rip!

[@ImtihanAhmed]

SAITAMA SENSEI is BALD and ROCKING IT.

[@casekocsk]

+Imtihan Ahmed Saitama trades his hair for ultimate power...

[@mantissa7]

It should be noted that taking GLA every day or using Ketkonazole (keeping it in the hair for at least 10 minutes) will prevent any follicle degradation, and thus prevent hair loss. This isn't a treatment, it is a preventative measure that will leave you with lush, colourful hair at 90 years old.

[@Crazylalalalala]

+Jordan Whitfield what a waste of time.

[@jr52990]

Yeah, I'm 25 and already at the Class III Vertex stage. So i'm pretty much screwed. (profile pic circa 2009) So I'm just going to shave everything off and go full Sir Patrick Stewart... But I'll keep my beard.

[@stedunn563]

Beard comb over? It's what I do

[@StefanTravis]

+Joshua Walters Jean Luc Picard _and_ Will Riker! Too much awesome.

[@ac11dc110]

me too :( although my beard is too short.. it does not grow longer

[@jr52990]

Eng. Fares I feel you bro, give it time and maybe the beard will fill out more.

[@nal004]

U will persevere brother ✊🏻

[@Sir_Irwin]

The drawing of the arse to head hair made me chuckle.

[@jnsnj1]

I'm losing my hair and while I would prefer to keep it the idea of spending significant money on keeping is worse than the hit to my vanity from balding.

[@miloradvlaovic]

Actually the main culprit (although clearly not the only one) for the androgenic alopecia (in further text the AA, as I can't be bothered honestly), is the specific androgen, not androgens. It's called *5-alpha-dehydroxitestosterone* , that past your puberty, serves no purpose in your body, other than to shrink the hair follicles on the scalp of your head, and if it gets elevated enough (above 6% in the plasma If I recall well) also to increase your chance of the prostate cancer well over tenfold. In fact if the people with highly elevated 5 alpha DHT do manage to not develop a prostate cancer, they will still almost certainly suffer from the *benign prostatic hyperplasia*, which is quite unpleasant for a grown up person as it causes urinary incontinence, among other things. However, if one is lucky enough to be born in that 30-50% of the people who do not exhibit a lot of 5 alpha DHT receptors on their hair folicles, elevated 5 alpha DHT still won't cause them to go bald, but it may, and often will still cause prostate issues. Other factors proven to greatly exacerbate and hasten the AA are: lack of *iron* , and systemic *inflammation*, and particularly the recurrent or chronic head scalp inflammation. Which has to do with the Prostaglandine mentioned in the video, that is the mean of the said inflammation on the molecular level. Currently there are two biological therapies which are extremely promising, so much so that in the following decade they may actually make baldness a thing long lost and forgotten in the past. One being the use of the growth factors (such as those from your own blood, the technique is called *PRP therapy* ) and activated (multipotent) *stem cells*. The latter have been successfully used to regrow completely hair in mice affected with AA, both by using only the native (mice) cells and the combination of mice and human stem cells. So once that method is perfected, tested and patented, it will be possible to actually completely reverse baldness, which will depend 90% on the depth of your pocket. Meanwhile, people can use the 5 alpha DHT blockers ( *5 alpha reductase inhibitors* ) , although the topical ones and the non-synthetic ones might be far "healthier" to use than the Finasteride, which though, no matter what they tell you also does not "cause depression", loss of "manliness" (whatever that is) nor irreversible effects (except in less than 1% of users). For some people, these make for a sufficient solution that efficiently arrests the AA, and may even regrow some hair, providing the follicles are still functional. The downside of such therapy is the dependency, as it may needed to be taken at a constant pace for life.

[@Djangles_LeVaughn]

Whenever I see young male hipsters with those awful haircuts I think "It ain't gonna last, matey."

[@carltopsykrett2254]

I may be wrong, however i was told in genetic class that the gene of baldness is pass on from the mother to the son which of course was carried from the mother's father. Correct me if i'm wrong here.

[@Waggehful]

I'm 28 and at stage 3 vertex balding (started losing my hair at 16) and it really sucks, luckily though my genetics gave me a wicked full beard. The plan is to keep it short, look after it and once it goes too thin, shave the rest off but keep the facial hair.

[@blacksunapocalypse]

Found that literally my first year in the military, my hair started to thin. I began to shave it that same year. It's ten years later and I'm still shaving it, and it's clearly gotten a looooot thinner. Luckily I have a good shaped head for it. In the end, it's just us fearing how we look to others. It's a good test to show how much we care about things that really shouldn't matter to us in the long run. Are you otherwise living a pretty good life?

[@symbioticcoherence8435]

+blacksunapocalypse It is a lot cooler without my hair.

[@annaiwaniuk4]

I should be working, but watching this instead, and some other stuff, too. Brit Lab I love and faithful I shall remain :)

[@Darkover92]

and what about finasteride and minoxidil?

[@Leeleonardosmith]

started getting thin at age 20-21. embracing the full bald style at age 22 :)

[@TheKdog344]

I know kids in my High school who are now going bald

[@terrylambert8149]

yes those hot shot football players were bald by our 10 year reunion

[@EnglishMandy]

Sheesh. If anything, I call that a problem.

[@Crazylalalalala]

I don't know why people are complaining about balding. I for one come from a long line of bald man and have been losing hair for years and I have only gotten more awesome for it. Cant wait to see how bald I get (without shaving yet). Growing a beard too... oh boy I'm gonna be so badass (not that hipster crap just natural awesomeness).

[@La_sagne]

greg iooks like the jenson button of everyday science

[@La_sagne]

+TheLasagneLP or well.. that's poorly worded... he looks inda like jenson, but he's not a racing driver(afaik) ;D

[@JUGO49]

Maybe I'm a bit narcissistic but I just cant accept my hair loss and shave it all off like people say. My hair started thinning since I was 18, now Im 21 and i have an M shape and its thinner on top. Ive done a lot of reasearch and have seen some improvement and regrowth. And while the improvement has been minimal and has taken a long time I wont give up.

[@EddieSpeck]

I want Headsqueeze to believe in me....

[@pbilk]

So, if I understood this right, if you struggle growing a beard you are more likely to not go bald?

[@abhishekmudgal59]

pbilk1 i am struggling to get beard and i am going bald

[@Rickzenbackzer]

I'm 22 and already have a receding hairline, it really got me down at first but now it seems like just an inconvenience. I'd love to keep my hair because its much more interesting to look at than being bald but i think its stupid to worry about something I can't change. Plus I think most potential partners are initially attracted to confidence and overall looks than just hair.

[@adcliff2915]

Well said. I started around 21-22 as well, hated it at first but finally shaved it all off and got more compliments than ever. Embracing it really is one of the best ways of dealing with it. Although it's a shame we live in such a judgemental shallow society :/

[@Rickzenbackzer]

Ace Conrad Thanks, I'll start shaving it relatively soon too. I started keeping my hair super short when I realised it was going anyway. Some women will like bald men and some wont, and I LOVE the time I already save not having to shampoo, condition, dry, comb, style my hair :D

[@JerehmiaBoaz]

+Gonk You're not embracing your baldness if you're shaving off all your remaining hair, that's just vanity and/or fear of ageing in my opinion. I had to shave my head because I had an autoimmune disease (alopecia areata) that left me with more than 20 bald spots varying is size from about the size of a dime to the size of a baseball (google some pictures, you can't really describe how awful a bad case of alopecia areata looks). After about a year my hair gradually started returning so I stopped shaving my head, and a few years later I started having normal male-pattern hair loss (androgenic alopecia), but I'm really happy with the normal looking baldness and I'm not going to shave my head for looking the same as 50% of the older male population.

[@SMATF5]

+Gonk I'm just under 30, and I've been noticeably balding since my early 20s. It bothered me at first, but over time I came to accept and even embrace it as part of my look; I started shaving my head a few years ago, and like Ace Conrad said, I started getting more positive reactions for having a "bold" look. Plus, it's really low maintenance and feels nice in hot weather.

[@greendeane1]

Horses are not shoed. They are shod.

[@bildova]

lol, some guy telling others to get over hair loss while having a full head of hair.

[@TheMysteryMuppet]

cant wait to go bald again, didn't have to buy expensive shampoo!

[@Sean-ky4bj]

+The Mystery Muppet cut your hair then you muppet

[@reinerjung1613]

It is always better to look on the bright side of things. You need less shampoo, the hair dries faster and you have a good excuse to wear any kind of cap or hat at any time. As we cannot really do something about it, why feel bad about it. We also have only two arms which is often impractical still no one tries to attach extra arms.

[@J_Tramel]

Reiner Jung Have you met Dr. Mengele?

[@BCaldwell]

If I have to see another 3 musketeers ad I'm finding them and exacting my revenge

[@KevinSheppard]

I'm not balding and though I don't think I'm at risk, should it happen to me I'll just think of Gregg's voice ushering me though it :'-)

[@7harshbatta]

why is it not safe to use anti biotic after their expiration date?

[@kleitos000]

Didn't notice any mention of Minioxidal (Rogaine). Any reason why?

[@SuperCompany007]

My dad is bald and he looks like Ragnar Lothbrok with his beard. So going bald aint all bad :D

[@RetroWorkShop773]

Stop reaching for my throat every time you make a point.

[@johncollins5091]

... and I'm just sitting here, with all my white hair, but no possibilities of baldness. It's a trade off, but I'd rather get silver white hair than no hair at all.

[@tjay84]

I am embracing it.. I am slowly getting bald. But I don't care! I already have short trimmed hair.. And when the thin spots get completely bare, i will just remove it all.. :)

Wait did this video answer the question in the title?

[@kevisauceda]

Why didn't you mention Finesteride as a solution?

[@justinfay3011]

My hairline started receding and hair thinning at age 18 and it’s still going and nothing will work :(

[@XxKINGatLIFExX]

Could it be to do with washing your hair everyday?

[@tarcal87]

+XxKINGatLIFExX That's a common misconception. It would be a general thing on the head, not in a (clearly defined) patch.

[@XxKINGatLIFExX]

How bout using particular shampoo's?

[@car5lota33]

I love you Greg 😘

[@thedeetzes]

It’s strange to me that this video didn’t mention proven baldness preventers like Finasteride

[@mrinmoyroy3743]

Your last advice of embracing the baldness was really good......

[@Cythil]

Hi heard from a very Manley man that shaving off you hair is the most efficient haircut. So there might be something to it.

[@alifayad1200]

what are those number at the down left part of the screen for ?

[@zoellazayce6796]

1:30 shots fired

[@DropBearAntix]

as a late-teen/20s-something, i was panicking about my hair loss. then, since my early 30s i've learned to embrace it - and now i love it. baldness is the last step to becoming a MAN! (and the ladies either don't care, or they LOVE it.)

[@DropBearAntix]

wow, you took my comment waaaay too seriously. chillax. but, whatever. i'm comfortable with my hair - or rather - lack thereof.

[@DMahalko]

Apparently the drug propecia / finasteride works, but it's expensive, around US$ 50 a month. You have to start using it while you are young and still have a full head of hair, because the effect it has is small. And you have to take it every day for the rest of your life. Is hair loss worth US$ 600 in pills a year to try to slow down or stop?

[@thedeetzes]

Dale Mahalko it is! I started right when my hair started to thin and it stopped. Very worth it if you want to keep your hair. You make taking a pill once a day sound like a huge chore lol it’s not

[@Merc89PSU]

Don't stress over it.

[@hikkeen]

This is all good but I want a better option than shaving to go actually bald.

[@hk18810186]

Im screwed

[@kd1s]

Or you could have Italian ancestry - along with the trait of uncontrollable hair growth. Seriously my hair line has barely receded and I'm half a century out.

[@ntyang88]

Well, is he talking about Jason Statham, Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson in the last part?

[@NARKISDUDE]

1:12 The smell of what?

[@nal004]

I just got my head shaved now I’m bald. what do :((

[@Shaundrocks]

I'm 19 and already going bald. I might struggle getting over it haha

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Heh I just shaved it off.

[@bradboy101]

I don't need hair that would just be overkill

[@oomegalinux]

I'm looking forward to the day I lose all my hair! I'll still have to trim by beard, though :(

[@smd9]

You ask a question in the title that you don't answer. Pretty misleading.

[@KenanVideos]

4:56 GAT MEEEEE

[@maxhill9254]

thx

[@joyhsiuyinkwa3435]

Saints anthony and francis of assisi.....

[@sotnos3196]

Omae wa mo shindeiru

[@BitchChill]

Dr Deepthroat Ew weeb

[@Subzearo]

Burnt hair smells GREAT THO

[@huehue5286]

If you didn't marry before balding I have bad news for you.

[@shoujomiku]

Saitama probably commissioned this

[@andysim232]

Q. Does it take you less and less time to dry your hair after a shower? IF Yes then you are going bald. My dad was bald by his 30th birthday and im nearly there at 37 :), But it does not bother me 1 bit :)

[@nosterbebot]

I'vw become more handsome without hair..

[@TeemarkConvair]

anyone else detect a "follow the leader" thing? lol

[@007xhejms]

WHY?!?!?!?!??!?😭😭😭😭

[@AMDX1325]

what if you're bald by 20?

[@idtyu]

I think Caucasians has more serious hair loss problem than east Asians... Or even middle eastern Asians... Can it be contributed to diet or genetics? Btw, there are Chinese medicine for hair loss

[@saturn724]

no, male pattern baldness has nothing to do with diet, just pure genetics

[@J_Tramel]

Yang Junhai Poor diet can contribute to hair loss.

[@YodaOnDMT]

Eat food high in oestrogen. Problem solved.

[@jay23cr]

I have a lot of hair on my arse if anyone wants a donation

[@Henpitts]

All I can say is ..... Nah NaNa NAH Nah!

[@_rmw]

cant grow beard, going bald

[@shanyi5006]

Propecia

[@anasbadwan5753]

acetomenofen and nsaids block prostaglandin

[@CrUzZeiN]

I started balding when I was 17. Shaving my hair since I was 18. Feeling manly enough.

[@stedunn563]

I started losing my hair at 17, high testosterone, and I though I was gonna be bald by 20, but I'm 30 now and it's not bad, realised I was poorly with kidney issues and when I got better my hair grew back thicker... Still i also did the shaving my head thing a few times but it doesn't suit me like it does you, consider yourself lucky!

[@La_sagne]

+Cruzzein i got a bad receding hairine already and im 22... but it's not too bad since im german and in german the missing hair above your forehead on the sides is called "geheimratsecken" which literally translates to "secret council corners" which is kinda funny :D

[@AugustTheStag]

Yah but bald is.....boring. No offense. Just my opinion

[@Amy_Dunn]

Do all these relate to female hair loss too?

[@stedunn563]

Yeah, it can happen to women with high testosterone, and it's still classed as male pattern baldness, this is just because hair folicals on certain places on your head had less blood supply. I'd not worry about it though it's rare to happen to women. I once dated a woman who shaved her head, I was still very attracted to her.

[@albertaberly6224]

I was told by my hairdresser to try this Argan Life product as she had very many happy clients. I purchased it not really having expectations. It has worked great and my hair and scalp have never been better!

[@guy0172]

Don't count on the news spreading that fast with only 1000 views, lasts time I looked anyway.

[@adcliff2915]

The video was only up for around 3 hours when you said that. So what do you expect? Useless negative comment.

[@guy0172]

Ace Conrad what and now it has 2000, it'll travel at light speed now. Lol

[@nihilisticpancakeface6553]

you really went out of topic dislike