Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration » Hair Loss Inhereted from Mother http://www.bernsteinmedical.com Hair Transplant, Hair Restoration & Repair Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Is Hair Loss Hereditary and are Genes Inherited from Mother's Side or Father's Side of Family? http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/hairtransplantblog/hair-loss-and-heredity/ http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/hairtransplantblog/hair-loss-and-heredity/#comments Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:23:05 +0000 Robert M. Bernstein M.D. http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/dev/newblog/109/hair-loss-and-heredity/ Q: Why do some people have a full head of hair into their seventies or eighties and others start to go bald in their late teens or early twenties?

A: The cause is genetic and this poly-genetic trait can be inherited from the mother’s side, the father’s side, or both.

There is an old wives’ tale that it is inherited only from the mother’s parents. Although the inheritance can come from either side, it is actually greater from the mother’s side – but only slightly.

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