Why Do Men Go Bald More Than Women?

Why do men go bald more than women? The answer starts 2,400 years ago with Hippocrates and ends inside a single hair follicle: the same hormone that grows a man's beard also shrinks the hair on his scalp. In this video, you'll see how the hormone DHT, your hair follicles, your genes, and female biology fit together to explain male pattern baldness and why women lose hair differently. CHAPTERS 0:00 Why your hairline moves 0:42 Piece 1: The hormone 2:16 Piece 2: The follicle 3:35 The beard paradox 4:27 Piece 3: The genes 5:14 Piece 4: Why women lose less hair 6:46 The full picture WHAT YOU'LL LEARN - Why castrated men in ancient Greece and 1940s Kansas kept their hair - How a village in the Dominican Republic led to a hair loss drug - How DHT shrinks a follicle without destroying it - Why bald men do not necessarily have more testosterone - How 287 gene regions shape your hairline - Why women have fewer receptors and more of an enzyme that turns testosterone into estrogen SOURCES (search these to read the research) - James Hamilton, 1940s studies on castration and male pattern baldness - Julian Imperato-McGinley et al., 1974, 5-alpha-reductase deficiency in Salinas, Dominican Republic - Hagenaars et al., 2017, hair loss genetics in over 52,000 British men (PLOS Genetics) - Norwood, 2001, prevalence of female pattern hair loss - Sawaya and Price, 1997, androgen receptors and enzymes in scalp follicles This video is for education and is not medical advice. If you're worried about hair loss, talk to a doctor or dermatologist. Subscribe for more science explained with stickmen. #Baldness #HairLoss #ScienceExplained