balding
Hair gradually departing
Balding describes the process of losing hair, typically from the scalp.
It's the present participle of bald used as an adjective: a balding man in his forties, He's balding at the temples.
The word captures hair loss in progress rather than completion—someone balding still has some hair left.
Pathological follicle loss
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- scalpSkin covering skull
- dermatologistDoctor treating skin disorders
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
Moving away from observer
- thinningReducing density or number
- hairlineScalp-skin boundary
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- templesHoly places or head sides
horseshoe · diffuse · vertex · frontal · patches · bare · sparse
Losing color with age
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
- matureFully grown or developed
- recedingMoving away from observer
thinning · distinguished · comb-over · elderly · retirement · wisdom · grandfather · veteran
Vasodilator for follicles
- finasteride5-alpha reductase inhibitor
- propeciaOral hair-regrowth medication
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- folliclesHair-producing skin structures
grafts · plugs · restoration · shampoo · tonic · microneedling · concealer · toupee
Passed through generations
- genesUnits of heredity
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- DHTPotent androgenic hormone
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
chromosomes · dominant · polygenic · maternal · paternal · ancestry
alopecia
Pathological follicle loss
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- scalpSkin covering skull
- dermatologistDoctor treating skin disorders
receding
Moving away from observer
temples · horseshoe · diffuse · vertex · frontal · patches · bare · sparse
graying
Losing color with age
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
- matureFully grown or developed
receding · thinning · distinguished · comb-over · elderly · retirement · wisdom · grandfather · veteran · seniority
minoxidil
Vasodilator for follicles
- finasteride5-alpha reductase inhibitor
- propeciaOral hair-regrowth medication
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
follicles · grafts · plugs · restoration · shampoo · tonic · microneedling · concealer · toupee · hairpiece
hereditary
Passed through generations
- genesUnits of heredity
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- DHTPotent androgenic hormone
predisposition · chromosomes · dominant · polygenic · maternal · paternal · ancestry
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- baldnessthinning crown, hairless, hair loss, alopecia, receding hairline
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
- hair losshair loss, thinning, thinning hair, hair thinning, receding hairline
- aging signswrinkles, fine lines, wrinkled skin, gray hair, frown lines
- hair issuesdandruff, split ends, hair loss, frizz, dry hair