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I have heard several people say that, it seems like balding men and getting younger and younger. So this got me thinking, could it be that milllennials are the baldest generation? Is it the food, air, pollution etc? What do you guys think?

 

Are Millennials The Baldest Generation?


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Yet another interesting question @Melvin-Moderator.

I'm not really sure of what might be triggering the changes in millennials, but I personally think that it simply a matter of us being surrounded by a group of friends, work colleagues etc that are in the age group that represents 50% balding prevalence. I'm not sure if this is quite clear enough, but when you're a young kid or teenager, you'd look at people in theirlate 20s or  30s as generally old and hence them being bald or balding would be simply attributed to age (old age at that time). Nonetheless, when you are among a generation that fits this category, our brain tends to make us think that balding people are getting younger. I'm not implying that we aren't young ofcourse :) but we generally would consider ourselves not among the older-bald generation that our childhood brain used to construct.

Interesting to hear what others have to say though. 

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It's interesting to note the differences in how and what we all observe.

I still think balding regardless of age groups is all about genetic disposition, not diet, not environment, etc., being the main factor in hair loss.

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Very true, I think the issue now is that we're a lot more looks conscious as previous generations. There was no social media in the 60's and 70's.


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42 minutes ago, hairman22 said:

i often think some people with very poor diets can speed up there mpb.

I have seen some of the unhealthiest people with full heads of hair.  


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I think the buzzed or shaved hairstyles only give the impression of more balding.  I doubt that there is any more balding today.

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Very true...when I was in my teens, it was mod to have long hair...the longer you had it, the more macho the image...the only guys I knew with a buzzed cut were mostly the ones going into the military.

And like Melvin stated, there was no social media and so social pressure was not a big deal like it is today.

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A fleeting comment in another forum got me to thinking.  When I did the Ornish Diet (super low fat) I was losing hair at the fastest rate I ever encountered.  The FDA endorsed low fat-high carbs after a very biased interpretation of the famous Framingham Heart Study.  The doctors announced what they wanted to find, ignoring the true results.  The FDA presented the famous Food Pyramid demonizing fat, and Americans went on the low fat craze.  Obesity make a huge leap, and has not yet returned to normal.  I originally dismissed Melvin's question, but now I am thinking that the sham put forth by the FDA may have an effect on hair loss.  We are omnivores and they tried to turn us into herbavores.  A good study would be Vegans to see their hair loss patterns.  As with all do gooders they create their own reality to fit their agenda, sadly this time it adversely effected millions of Americans.

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According to many vegans, they cured their hair loss by going vegan. The only way I could see diet changing hair loss, is if it changes your hormones. 

Now fat has been known to increase cholesterol and cholesterol is essential for testosterone. Now this is just a theory but that could’ve led to an increase and DHT, thus the increase in hair loss.


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Definitely agree that we are...how many guys here are under 30 currently and have had HTs? Seems to be a lot.

My hypothesis is a combination of high carb & high fat diet which is playing havoc with cell metabolism (don't believe, google scholar "topical autophagy hair loss" - few interesting papers there. And if that's not left-field enough for you, I definitely think there is a link between our over-pornified youth with hair loss. Potentially due to the effects of prolactin shooting up (not the case through intercourse though) or more likely the effects of dopamine on cell metabolism and insulin - a wrote a post years ago about this somewhere, will try to find.

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Interesting. I wonder if there is any data about this out there? Anyone who has objectively analyzed and compared the percentage of "balding" people in different generations. Could lead to some very interesting theories. 

Thanks for sharing. 

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Always find it interesting looking at the old films how great everyone’s hair is. Look at Lawrence of Arabia there are scenes with hundreds of English army extras all with perfect hair. Yes I think something has changed.....

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I think there is def more balding in the recent generations. But I can’t base it off of any data or statistics. What I do know is kids nowadays are maturing faster and going through puberty sooner than other generations. With that said, I don’t think it’s crazy to see the younger generations balding earlier.

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