Expert: Peter J. Panagotacos, <B>M.D.</B> - 7/14/2009

Question
QUESTION: thank u for answering all my previous questions about hairlines and i have one last question.......Flo Rida who is a famous hip hop artist has a hairline which is very hard to discribe whether it is a receding or a mature natural hairline........would u help me out with this sir.....this would be an amazing addition for my project on harilines thank u......i have even a posted a pic take a look and give me ur opinion,,,,...thank u

ANSWER: This Type III MPB pattern is definitely a receding hairline but for someone 30 years old it is a normal mature natural hairline as well.

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QUESTION: so u mean to say his receding hariline may stop here or it may continue to recede more........can i take the conclusion as MPB is not predictabele

ANSWER: That is correct. Hair loss is relentless. Male pattern baldness never stops. Even people who do not inherit balding genes still get slightly thinner as they age. MPB is not predictable. With careful history and years of experience looking at scalps it is possible to make a prediction as to how much hair someone may lose. Even if two people have the same identical genes for balding, as with identical twins, there are external factors which can stress one individual to lose hair faster than the other. Their bald patterns may end up being the same but the timing could be different.

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QUESTION: thank u ,so is their any natural methods by which pattern
baldness timing can delayed cause people do say natural scalp
massages can regrow hair........and why minoxidil and
finasteride do not bring back the juvenile hairline

Answer
There are many claims which are not scientific. There is no natural way to stop hair loss. If there was you wouldn't see any bald guys. When hairs are dying because they used up their predetermined number of life cycles then there is very little to be done to keep them growing. The use of Propecia helps to cut down on the DHT which tells it to die and the use of minoxidil helps to artificially boost it to grow BUT if the hair has progressed far enough in its life cycles NOTHING will save it.