Can you still go bald with no family history of hair loss ?!

Can you still go bald with no family history of hair loss ?

i'm jst 18...n i'm pretty sure i'm losing hair...especially around the tip of my head....
thing is, both my parents have full heads of hair! can it be cuz of my diet? cuz i'm studyin n staying alone eat a whole lotta junk...also, i think the water in the showers is a li'l messed up.. cuz a few people staying in the same building as me complain of the same problem...
this has gotten me depressed as hell n i dun think tht's helping..
any idea wht's wrong?

Baldness is carried on the maternal genes, usually - so look at your maternal (mom's side) grandparents - are either of them bald? If so, when did they start balding? It's possible, but not the first thing I'd look at because hair loss can also be due to...

Stress (including depression!)
Diet
Hormones
Weather
Allergies
.....

So in your case it's probably due to other factors.

I'm assuming you're at college? Adding a multivitamin, even the cheap ones, can help a lot with the diet. I know the risks of college salad bars, my sister and I both got food poisoning, so yeah, you end up eating junk all the time.


If other people are complaining of the same problem, it might be some type of microorganism like a yeast setting up on your scalp, though that's unlikely. You could try switching to a dandruff shampoo temporarily and see if that helps. Otherwise a vinegar or lemon juice rinse also kills most stuff that sets up on your scalp, just shampoo then rinse, then pour about 1/2 cup of white vinegar or lemon juice, let it sit for a minute, then rinse out. Don't let it get in your eyes though!


Anyway, I hope something here helps, good luck with it.