Depression, avpd and hair loss.

Ok, so probably this is a topic for the Depression forum, but I feel more confortable posting to all you avpders.

I'm 23 and I have a strong impression that my hair line is in quick recession, which is something I would never imagined to happen because my father has extremely good hair and no recession at all. And yet here I am with one more pain.

The thing is I never mess too much with my hair, except in the latest years I've allowed it to grow wild for a very long time several times and started to cut it shorter when I do cut it.

My depression has been getting more "violent" in the last 2 years. Could depression result in this hais loss? Is all recession definite?
I read that sometimes hair could fall on account of stress or something of that kind and then grow back again.

I'm really scared of this loss of hair as it just adds to my already poor self-perception and self-estime.

Yeah, hair can fall out due to stress. I'm not sure, but I think that genetic hair loss is connected to the maternal side, so if your mother's father had male pattern baldness, your chances are better for you to also have it. I don't think it matters whether or not your father is bald (again, I could be wrong).

Don't lots of women find bald men sexy? I think shaved heads are cool, and a lot of guys with receding hairlines shave, so if it is male pattern baldness, just keep it short.

Sorry I am not more help.

At 21 I noticed my hair was thinning. After fretting for awhile I thought about what I would do about it. I've never liked my hair, it has always been uncooperative. So I decided I would cut it short. Lucky for me I look good with it short. My dad wasn't bald, and my mother's father wasn't bald, but my dad's dad was. I don't know why I'm the only sibling(I have two brothers and a sister) to be going bald, but I've accepted it.

I don't wear a hat in public to cover my baldness, I wore hats before going bald.

mikebw wrote: I wore hats before going bald.

I heard always having a cap on as a kid and teen doesn't help for hair loss later in life...

I don't know about depression causing hair loss myself, and the other posts are probably more helpful, but just in case this is relevant: I had a friend who once started losing her hair due to an antidepressant. I suppose any type of medication could potentially have that side effect.

Gsf-600 wrote:

mikebw wrote: I wore hats before going bald.

I heard always having a cap on as a kid and teen doesn't help for hair loss later in life...

Groundless rumor, evil speculation, myth I tell you! *shifty eyes*