I have aggressive PCa. Poll Question - I also have male patter baldness
yes - 30.8% - 8 votes
no - 46.2% - 12 votes
do not have agressive PCa - 23.1% - 6 votes
mr bill
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Posted 2/7/2016 10:54 PM (GMT 0)
As suggested let's try a non-scientific poll for baldness and aggressive PCa.
I am a Gleason 9 with small monk's cap.
Posted 2/8/2016 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
I guess my baldness is male pattern, far as I know. I am thin on top, have a several inch diameter bald spot on top of my skull at the back where I can't see it without a mirror, and have plenty of thick hair all around except on top. And I am a G9.
EAGLEKEEPER
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Posted 2/8/2016 2:24 PM (GMT 0)
My youngest son and I were working on a machine a couple weeks ago and he took a picture of my hair to show me how much hair I'm losing. When he showed me, I couldn't believe it. When I told my wife, she told me she knew, but she didn't want to tell me. My dad's in his mid 80's and does a comb over, he had early stage prostate cancer when he was 62. If I groom myself well, it's much less noticeable. I 'm not sure if I have "aggressive" PCa, but do have PCa.
Posted 2/9/2016 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
Not sure any of the poll choices fit my situation.
I have a bald spot on back of my head but not bald in front.
I am G9.
Since PCa and baldness both happen later in life for many men, may be a case of two things happening together without either necessarily causing the other.
hawkgfr
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Posted 2/9/2016 4:19 AM (GMT 0)
g7 and a full reverse mohawk. Or super duper part down the middle lol...ever how u want it.
Shaba.Doug
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Posted 2/9/2016 9:02 PM (GMT 0)
G9, full head of hair, well...... Up til the chemo kicked in! Lol.
Cheers, Doug
jpenn44
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Posted 2/9/2016 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
Full head of hair here...so thick that chemo only took half...and i still don't have "baldness"...
Posted 2/9/2016 9:23 PM (GMT 0)
I started with male pattern, now nice and shiny throughout. Gleason 8. Aggressive. Age 72. Diagnosed age 66.
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JamesE
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Posted 2/9/2016 9:42 PM (GMT 0)
Male pattern started at early age, mid 20's. Age55 at diagnosis; 4+3 gleason, 65% on the biopsy, Drs. considered it aggressive.
My 2 older brothers who hardly had any baldness until more of an appropriate age had their psa tested recently because of me and are less then 1. My younger brother, age 44 has a psa of just around 2 (mine was 1.84 at 47) and his male pattern baldness started earlier then mine, he was just around 20 years old. I've suggested to him to test again in 6 months for a test or 2 and definitely yearly after. I never thought much about the male pattern relation, I hope his psa stays the same so I am the only one.
Michael_T
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Posted 2/9/2016 10:25 PM (GMT 0)
G9 with hair here. It actually got thicker and wavier when I was on HT. Possibly the only good thing that happened during HT.
don826
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Posted 2/10/2016 1:10 PM (GMT 0)
Started losing my hair in my late thirties and the loss was astoundingly rapid. Used to clog the shower drain every morning. Seemed to slow to a stop in late forties and I now have a diffuse covering of hair with no real hairless areas. By the way rogaine did nothing to stop the fallout. I keep it cut short all over as my hair has always been fine textured and looks sort wispy now if I let it grow. Easier to take care of too. Just towel it off and out the door.
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alephnull
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Posted 2/10/2016 2:39 PM (GMT 0)
Read somewhere that male pattern baldness comes from your mother's side of the family.
So if your mom's brother or father were bald, you might be also.
halbert
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Posted 2/10/2016 3:03 PM (GMT 0)
aleph, that's what they say. Maybe even true.
Is it time for a couple of bald jokes?
Men who are bald in front are great thinkers. Men who are bald in back are great lovers. Men who are bald all over think they're great lovers.
"No grass grows on a busy street!"
"Why put a roof on the barn when there's no hay inside?"
"The good lord only made a few perfect heads. The rest he covered with hair"
--just to lighten it up a little--
JamesE
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Posted 2/11/2016 12:40 AM (GMT 0)
Halbert, I should have known this thread was just a set-up so someone could start with the bald jokes, lol.
They were pretty funny....
Posted 2/11/2016 2:48 AM (GMT 0)
I have male pattern boldness, thin at the top and the front but still have enough on both sides.