I'd always thought it was something genetic that you'd inherited on the maternal side. :hmm: But I really have no idea. My hair is of the dry variety (not dandruff level dry, but not far off) and has been slowly thinning at the temples for the last few years, but not noticably so other than to me (I'm in my early 30s). My dad was bald by the time he hit 40, I'm hoping to escape the same fate since I'm not into the shaved head + goatee look that's become the fad among those with receeding hairlines (though its a big step up from the 80s comb over

).