Male 23, am I balding?

I feel that my life is ruined. I know that my dad is completely bald. Does this mean that this will be my fate as well?

You can do this the classy way and see a good dermatologist to make the diagnosis. The key here is to find out if you are really on the way with genetic balding. If the answer is no, you don’t have to commit to a lifetime of medications, and certainly not if you are going to treat yourself with drugs to handle the worry that you are going to follow your father’s pattern. If you are in the balding process, you need to do it smartly. Follow a good doctor’s advice. Usually, men who are going to develop the most advanced hair loss pattern, like your dad, show it earlier than 23 years old, and many of them reach their advanced pattern by the time they are 26.