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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
My wife mentioned off-hand at a wedding in 2014 that I was going thin on top. I had no idea, and always bought into the "mom's dad" line of genetic bullshit.
I immediately ran into the bathroom and started trying to take pics of the top of my head. I scrolled through the unfocused, shaky images like they were frames from Zapruder's camera.
"It's just a cowlick," I told myself. My aunt, who owns a salon, said the same.
She was lying, and I was in denial for about 18 months. I figure after we get through all this shit I'll just keep it buzzed. No point in treating a Tyler Palko hairline like it's Mahomes.
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male pattern baldness is carried on the X chromosome. You cannot inherit from your father, as he had to give you a Y. Your mother could have given you the X from her father or her mother. It's still a crap shoot.
Additionally, there are other factors that can cause hair to thin, but the "mother's father" thing isn't bullshit. It's just not the whole story.