I never saw the big deal with this unless you have a jacked up head. Mine started going at 27 and at 28 I just started shaving. I get more attention from women after the fact and it's easy to maintain myself without needing a barber.
My hairline is on its fucking way... im 24 BGOL!! Rogaine Foam?? =
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I've noticed that as well and wonder if it's related to testosterone/DHT production in the body.
this article speaks to that
http://beardcoach.com/2009/11/why-you-have-a-patchy-beard/
Let’s face the cold truth. A lot of guys have patchy beards. Beards that they are not exactly pleased with. Beards they wouldn’t write home about. Now, I have a deep love for all beards, thick and thin, but having a patchy beard is a huge deterrent to growing one for a lot of guys.
In an effort to find biological reasons for your patchy beard, and hopefully a nice natural fix, I researched many scientific articles that frankly were a bit over my head. But I’m a pretty smart guy, and I was able to take away some info and distill it down to the essential reasons why your beard is lackluster compared to the norm. Hopefully you will take away a better understanding of your frustrating situation and also some hope that the rapid progress in genetic research will someday create a solution.
To the science!
Beard hair growth, unlike the growth of head hair or other facial hair, like eyelashes, depends on compounds called androgens. Androgens are responsible for what are considered masculine features. The most famous androgen is our old friend we learned about in middle-school health class, testosterone.
Testosterone fueled your conversion from a boy to a man and took you through those hellish emotional changes and awkward physical changes we all had to suffer through. Now that you are an adult, your manly hormone keeps your muscles firm and useful and keeps your sex drive at a normal level. It is also beard food.
Inside each of your follicles is a structure called the dermal papilla. The dermal papillae are kind of like the “brains” of your hair follicles. The ones in your beard follicles respond to the messages that your androgens send and cause the surrounding parts of the hair follicles (called the hair matrix) to do their thing and make some damn beard hair. Guess what androgen tells the beard hair follicles to activate the hair matrix? Yep, testosterone.
So why not simply partake in some extra testosterone? Number one, it’s a controlled substance in the United States. Number two, there are other factors at work here that are sabotaging your beard growth.
When the dermal papillae of your beard follicles utilize testosterone, they actually metabolize it and create another androgen as a byproduct called dihydrotestosterone. This substance is like the bigger, stronger brother to testosterone. It contributes to male characteristics, just like wimpy old regular testosterone, just a lot more. It didn’t just kick start your pubescent transition to an adult male, it is pretty much the reason that you developed as a male in the womb.
To utilize testosterone and create dihydrotestosterone, your beard follicles need yet another substance, an enzyme called 5-alpha-reductase. This enzyme is necessary for this conversion, and if you have low levels of it, then you have low levels of dihydrotestosterone. More importantly to the topic at hand, if you don’t have enough 5-alpha-reductase, the dermal papillae of your beard follicles can’t properly use testosterone to tell your hair matrices to make hair. And if your beard hair matrices aren’t making hair, you aren’t growing a beard.
In case you got a bit lost in the science back there, let me summarize.
Each beard hair is like a little plant whose “seed” is buried within each follicle. Your beard seeds need testosterone and an enzyme to grow. The testosterone is like the water and the enzyme is like the germ inside the seed that takes the water and uses it to grow. Too little water means too little growth, but more importantly, if there’s no germ inside the seed, there’s no way anything is sprouting.
So what’s a guy with too little 5-alpha-reductase to do? The good news is that it is already the subject of much pharmacological effort. The bad news is that those efforts are currently working toward the goal of reducing the 5-alpha-reductase levels in normal men. Why in the world would they do that? Because of the dihydrotestosterone that it helps produce. You see, in the crazy mixed-up world of hair, too much dihydrotestosterone causes male pattern baldness! Yes, the more likely a man can grow a beard, the more likely he will eventually go bald. Elevated dihydrotestosterone levels may also contribute to an enlarged prostate and even prostate cancer. Hence the current 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors on the market today.
But take heart, you patchy-bearded soul. If a medicine can reduce the level of an enzyme, then there’s no reason one couldn’t be created to increase the levels instead. Maybe an intrepid reader of The Beard Coach will one day start a foundation to fund the development of such a drug. Until then, don’t fret. Your patchy beard doesn’t make you less of a man. You lack no testosterone man fuel. You simply suffer from a medical condition that one day in the glorious future may be cured. Then you can gladly take your beard pills and finally grow a one you can take home to Mom.
Hit it right on the nose, higher testosterone levels are a marker in male pattern baldness, and increased body and facial hair
My left side thinning a little. Im paranoid as hell now every time i check a mirror. Im going back to my old barber. Maybe im just too paranoid. But I can tell that its thinning right there. I can just see it.
I would suggest taking a combination of Garlic pills and Amino acids like L-Cysteine. Amino acids are the like the secret ingredient women use in those hair, skin, nail pills and trust that shit works for hair growth...look it up on the net. Garlic Pills increase blood circulation and you would also do yourself a favor and get yourself some exercise which will increase your testosterone as well as increase your blood circulation.
Also stop wearing hats and or wave caps, fresh air as well as sunlight are good for your scalp as well as you dont need anything to mess with that blood flow to your hair follicles playa.
GOOD LUCK
Also stop wearing hats and or wave caps, fresh air as well as sunlight are good for your scalp as well as you dont need anything to mess with that blood flow to your hair follicles playa.
GOOD LUCK
why some of y'all get mad because a guy wants to keep his hair? I'm going trhough the same thing, have hair all of your life then suddenly boom it's gone. you can get real unsure quick. Not ready to give up on it though myself. gonna look into the indian stuff dude posted in here.
Same here at the back top getting thin as fuk, it's cool just gonna have to rock what I get left with for better or worse. My dad had a full head of hair before he passed at 63 so this may be coming from my moms side of the family.
I wanted to ask a question:
Is it true that you can lose your hair from stress and worrying too much????
I wanted to ask a question:
Is it true that you can lose your hair from stress and worrying too much????
Mine on its last leg too. Finna cut it real close and keep err'thing else dark (beard, etc.) or just get it cut all off and go w/da baldie. Fuck it. 
I can't grow a beard for shit too, thanks for the read smartmoney
My boy lost his and thats all he talks about "if i only had hair" but he may be right though- he hasnt had pussy in almost two years. I know when his shit start growin on the sides his top look like an empty parking lot surrounding by hedges
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Welcome to the club homie my corners started letting go at 27(29 now), I don't even care to fuck with all those oils and shit I just accept the inevitable and rock a baldy. 
I nearly lost a lung behind this shit!
I nearly lost a lung behind this shit!
Spoken like a true cosmetologist huh Rob?
i wish i was rob.....
but enjoy the fantasy
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My left side
My right side
My right side
I ain't gettin' da baldie yet but I'ma get my shit real low & keep err'thing else dark. Hell, even tryin' to get me a lil' goatee now. 
Man, what da fuck??!!! WHO IS THIS??????
Man, what da fuck??!!! WHO IS THIS??????
Get a razor and go Onyx
Icb @ u bowling ball headed ass niggas
Salt n pepper
I'm waiting on lebron to share the secret.
Hell naw gonna have niggas seasoning up their shits for disaster. [emoji38]
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