History Main / PrematurelyBald

* Since male hairloss is activated by an abundance of testosterone, transgender men often learn the hard way if they're carrying the gene once they begin hormone therapy.

* Creator/DavidCross has been as bald as he is now since since late 20s, at least.

* When Wrestling/KurtAngle first debuted in the WWE in 1999, he had [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YfAx2a_Ewn8/maxresdefault.jpg a full head of hair]], but by the time [[https://i0.wp.com/sportzwiki.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/x1080.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1 he won his first world championship]] only a little over a year later, his hairline had receded dramatically. In 2002, Kurt was placed into an angle with Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} that culminating in a Hair vs. Hair match which Kurt lost. Kurt (in Kayfabe) didn't take being shaved bald too well at first and covered it with a hairpiece held in place by amateur wrestling style headgear. After a couple months he got sick of it and embraced his newfound baldness.

* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin has clarified that his shaved head in WWF was due to this, as his hairline had been receding since his WCW debut. He briefly spotted a buzz cut during his first few months as the Ringmaster, but he didn't like the look of it and decided to just get rid of his hair altogether.

* Creator/PatrickStewart lost his hair at the age 19. He said in an interview that after a friend's husband held him down and she took off his toupee and burned it, he accepted it.

* Marty alludes to this in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Seeing Mr. Strickland 30 years younger, but bald nonetheless, he comments to Doc, "Geez, didn't that guy ever have hair?"

* Creator/MichaelChiklis lost his hair due to a makeup malfunction. After shaving his head and applying grease paint (for a part in ''Theatre/YouCantTakeItWithYou''), he failed to remove the paint, and it killed his hair follicles.

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* In recent times, ComicBook/BlackLightning has taken on a bald look. [[ComicBook/GreenLantern John Stewart]] claims that it is a "negative combover", saying that BL is going prematurely bald, and shaved his head to disguise it.
* In ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'' Tim Drake's friend Ives, who is still in high school, losses his hair due to follicular cancer and its treatments. In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' it starts growing back when the cancer is in remission.

* It's hinted in ''Film/SupermanReturns'' that Luthor went bald at a very young age. One of the things his father had told him when he was a kid [[ContinuityNod besides]] [[Film/{{Superman}} the speech about real estate,]] and "GetOut", was "You're losing your hair."

** Richard [[VagueAge seems to be in his mid thirties]] and is sometimes stated to be bald(ing). [[InformedDeformity You can't actually see this, as he's an anthropomorphic rabbit drawn with a uniform fur coat.]]

* Wrestling/AlexWright had a noticable receding hairline despite being very young (he was only 19 when WCW signed him). This led to him adopting a mohawk after being repackaged as Berlyn and later shaving his head completely.

* Wrestling/AlexWright had a noticable receding hairline despite being very young (he was only 18 when WCW signed him). This led to him adopting a mohawk after being repackaged as Berlyn and later shaving his head completely.

* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin has clarified that his shaved head in WWF was due to this, as his hairline had been receding since his WCW debut.

* When Wrestling/KurtAngle first debuted in the [=WWE=]in 1999, he had [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YfAx2a_Ewn8/maxresdefault.jpg a full head of hair]], but by the time [[https://i0.wp.com/sportzwiki.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/x1080.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1 he won his first world championship]] only a little over a year later, his hair had thinned dramatically on top. Despite his rapidly receding hairline, Kurt didn't take being shaved bald too well at first and covered it with a hairpiece held in place by amateur wrestling style headgear. After a couple months he got sick of it and embraced his newfound baldness.

* This is the reason why Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin shaved his head after he went to WWF.
* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock's]] hairline had been visibly receding since his debut (when he was 24), and by TheNewTens, he just started shaving his head. Though Johnson later clarified that he shaved his head because he didn't like having hair anymore, not because of the recession.

* Music/MichaelJackson's hair caught fire in 1984 due to a pyro malfunction while filming a Pepsi commercial, leaving him with a rather large bald spot due to scarring. Michael would cover the damage with hairpieces, but aging, harsh chemicals and failed attempts to repair his scalp caused the bald spot to enlarge, resulting in Michael wearing longer hairpieces and tattooing the front of his hairline in order to hide the hair loss. Upon his death, Michael's autopsy would reveal that he had very little of his natural hair left in his final days.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', it is revealed that Stan is actually bald and has been wearing a wig since he entered college. His baldness was a side effect from an experimental drug he took to cure his acne he suffered through his teen years.

* Despite his rapidly receding hairline, Wrestling/KurtAngle didn't take being shaved bald too well at first and covered it with a hairpiece held in place by amateur wrestling style headgear. After a couple months he got sick of it and embraced his newfound baldness.

* David O'Brian from ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' and ''VideoGame/{{Astebreed}}'' has his premature hair-loss as somewhat of a [[BerserkButton sore spot]], not that it stops characters from constantly bringing it up.

* Series/DrPhil has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSIySlsIVA gone on]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u85dw7bGQt0 record]] stating he started losing his hair as young as ''12'', which became noticeable by the time he reached high school. Indeed, [[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1968-dr-phil-mcgraw-high-school-153136596 these senior pics]] show him sporting a visibly receding hairline.