History Main / PrematurelyBald

* In recent times, Black Lightning takes on a bald look. Green Lantern claims that it is a "reverse combover", stating that BL is going prematurely bald, and shaved his head to disguise it.

* The main goal of Gerald Bald Z, the young protagonist of ''PerfectHairForever'', is to obtain...Perfect Hair Forever.

Some may try to hide it with comeovers, some may go 'au natural' or just shave it all off to stop looking patchy, but it will often be a saw spot. A few will embrace it and not let it get them down.

* Kyle's flashback in ''Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny''.
* The premise of ''Harold''.

Be it via alopecia or a similar condition, really early onset male pattern baldness, some sort of accident... it's not as though high school wasn't already hard enough, now you're losing your hair a few decades early.

Some may try to hide it with comeovers, some may go 'au natural' or just shave it all off to stop looking patchy, but it will often be a saw spot. A few will embrace it and not let it get them down.

A prematurely bald head is not to be confused with a shaved one (unless as mentioned above the person was balding anyway and just finished the job).

* Kagerou Usui in ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' has it even worse than most: Though his comb-over covers his bald spot, no one notices him, to the point where he can shout in someone's ear and the listener will wonder what just made a noise. However, whenever his bald spot is exposed (usually after he's gotten accustomed to being invisible and while he's doing something embarrassing, [[CovertPervert like reading porn in the classroom]]), people suddenly all fix their gaze on him. [[TheChewToy They then proceed to punish him, mock him or both.]]

* Lex Luthor in ''{{Smallville}}'' lost all his hair as a small child because of the meteor shower.

* ''OrderOfTheStick'' prequel ''On The Origin of [=PCs=]'' makes it known that premature baldness runs in Roy Greenhilt's family. Roy shaved his head in college. It is never specified whether he shaves or is naturally bald in the comic's "present".

* In the ''{{Grossology}}'' episode "Hairless Whispers" Abby is the first victim of Frederick Follicle's hair loss ray and more people follow.

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

* Whenever he takes his baseball cap off, you'll see that DougWalker (who's in his late twenties) has a bit of a bald spot near the back of his head. He seems to be a fan of cutting his hair quite short, though, so that can't help much.

* The SilverAge version of Lex Luthor lost his hair as a teenager, when an experiment in artificial life went wrong. He blamed Superboy for this, and swore revenge. A similar story was used in the ''Superboy'' TV series, and it's at least alluded to in ''{{Smallville}}''.

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

Be it via alopecia or a similar condition, really early onset male pattern baldness, some sort of accident... it's not as though high school wasn't already hard enough, now you're losing your hair a few decades early. Some may try to hide it with comeovers, some may go 'au natural' or just shave it all off to stop looking patchy, but it will often be a saw spot. A few will embrace it and not let it get them down.

A prematurely bald head is not to be confused with a shaved one (unless as mentioned above the person was balding anyway and just finished the job). See also CharlieBrownBaldness.

When done with a small child, or a teenage girl, it's usually case of the LittlestCancerPatient.

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As if high school weren't hard enough, you're losing your hair a few decades early.

A prematurely bald head is not to be confused with a shaved one. See also CharlieBrownBaldness.

When done with a small child, it's usually the LittlestCancerPatient.

* Kagerou Usui in ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei.''
** He has it even worse than most: Though his comb-over covers his bald spot, no one notices him, to the point where he can shout in someone's ear and the listener will wonder what just made a noise. However, whenever his bald spot is exposed (usually after he's gotten accustomed to being invisible and while he's doing something embarrassing, [[CovertPervert like reading porn in the classroom]]), people suddenly all fix their gaze on him. [[TheChewToy They then proceed to punish him, mock him or both.]]
* Yukimitsu Manabu in ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'' is already losing his hair from stress in his second year of high school. At the start of the Kanto tournament, he starts styling his hair differently, and it isn't nearly so apparent.
** Though according to a FourthWallMailSlot segment in the manga, he's had a ridiculously high hairline since ''birth''.
*** Unsui Kongo's head hair has been stubble his entire life it seems.
**** Agon lampshades this, "Still as bald as ever."

* The SilverAge version of Lex Luthor lost his hair as a teenager, when an experiment in artificial life went wrong. He blamed Superboy for this, and swore revenge. A similar story was used in the ''Superboy'' TV series where he lost it even younger.

** In the SilverAge, he lost his hair as a teenager, when an experiment in artificial life went wrong. He blamed Superboy for this, and swore revenge. A similar story was used in the ''Superboy'' TV series.

[[AC:TruthInTelevision]]
* There is a condition called alopecia that can cause baldness in children and teenagers. A rare female example is the stand-up comedian Renee Hicks, now with her hair grown back and spelling her name René.
* Alopecia aside, if a boy is genetically predisposed to hair loss, hair can begin to thin out in their mid-teens. The primary cause of hair loss is an abundance of a specific type of testosterone, so for many, it can begin as soon as puberty ends and their hormones level out.
* PatrickStewart lost his hair at the age 19. He said in an interview that after a friend's husband held him down and said friend took off and burned his toupee, he accepted it.
* KennyChesney began balding at [[http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2009/06/kenny-chesney-the-making-of-a-franchise-in-a-cowboy-hat.html?cid=6a00d8341c58f853ef0115711b9906970c age 19]].
* TheOtherWiki mentions [[{{Seinfeld}} Jason Alexander]] beginning to lose his hair [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Alexander at 16]].
* Whenever he takes his baseball cap off, you'll see that DougWalker (who's in his late twenties) has a bit of a bald spot near the back of his head. He seems to be a fan of cutting his hair quite short, though, so that can't help much.
* Michael Chiklis lost his hair due to a makeup malfunction. After shaving his head and applying grease paint (for a part in YouCantTakeItWithYou), he failed to remove the paint, and it killed his hair follicles.

* Whenever he takes his baseball cap off, you'll see that [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Doug Walker]] (who's in his late twenties) has a bit of a bald spot near the back of his head. He seems to be a fan of cutting his hair quite short, though, so that can't help much.

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

As if high school wasn't hard enough, you're losing your hair a few decades early.

A prematurely bald head is not to be confused with a shaved one.

** He has it even worse than most: while his comb-over covers his bald spot, no one notices him, to the point where he can shout in someone's ear and they'll wonder what just made a noise. However, whenever his bald spot is exposed (usually after he's gotten accustomed to being invisible and while he's doing something embarrassing, [[CovertPervert like reading porn in the classroom]]), people suddenly all fix their gaze on him. [[TheChewToy They then proceed to punish him and/or mock him.]]

** Turk may or may not suffer from this as well. In one episode he admits that he shaves his head because he's going bald, but in another he rebuts it.

* ''OrderOfTheStick'' Prequel ''On The Origin of PCs'' makes it known that premature baldness runs in Roy Greenhilt's family. Roy shaved his head in college. It is never specified if he shaves or is naturally bald in the comic's "present."

* The main goal of Gerald Bald Z, the young protagonist of ''PerfectHairForever'' is to obtain...Perfect Hair Forever.

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* There is a condition called alopecia that can cause baldness in children and teenagers. A rare female example is the stand-up comedian Renee Hicks, now with her hair grown back and spelling her name René. After seeing her in an episode of ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'', [[CorahsUncle this troper]] thought she looked rather cute as a bald woman.