DNA test to determine hair loss

DNA test to determine hair loss
5 Jun 2008

DNA test to determine hair loss

Thirty-percent of 30-year-old men will lose their hair -- some from genetics, some from medical conditions. Now, a new test is available for those who want know if they're at risk for going bald. At 28-years-old, Shane Futchko says being bald is his last option. He says his father and grandfather have hair loss issues and he hopes he's not continuing the family trend.

(This article shows that there are increasing advances in hair loss medicine--on all sides from diagnosis to prevention to cure. Hair loss can also be devastating, and society is increasingly regarding it as not just a "vain ailment", but as a life-effecting event).