History Main / PrematurelyBald

* Series/DrPhil admits in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSIySlsIVA video]] 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.

* Series/DrPhil admits 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.

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* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'':

* Makoto's father in ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' is already bald by 35. He fears he'd go this way as well.

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* Alopecia aside, if a boy is genetically predisposed to hair loss, hair can begin to thin out in his 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 his hormones level out.

* While not quite bald, Creator/HeathLedger's hairline had receded considerably during his mid/late twenties. He was only 28 when he died, but looked to be at least in his mid-thirties.

* Music/MichaelJackson's hair caught fire in 1984 due to a pyro malfunction while filming a Pepsi commercial, leaving him with burns on his scalp that left behind a rather large bald spot. 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 larger hairpieces and tattooing the front of his hairline in order to hide the damage. Upon his death, Michael's autopsy would reveal that he had very little of his natural hair left in his final days.

* Wiki/TheOtherWiki mentions [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Jason Alexander]] beginning to lose his hair [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Alexander at 16]].

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* In the series ''Literature/LesSixCompagnons'', one of the heroes is called "Le Tondu" because he lost all his hair as a child to an unspecified illness. He usually covers it with a beret.
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* When first seen on TV without his mask on in 1999, Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr, who was 24 at the time, had thin hair that was combed forward and a bald spot in the back. He would shave his head later on after unmasking and even after remaking in 2002, some of his masks leave the back of his head exposed, showing that he has kept his head shaved since.

* [[Series/MythBusters Jamie Hyneman]] said in one interview that he started shaving his head as a response to premature hair loss. (Then he realized a shaved head gets cold and donned his [[NiceHat trademark beret]].)

* According to Sir Creator/TerryPratchett, the Pratchett men go bald in their twenties to get it over with. Hence the NiceHat.

* Music/BeachBoys frontman Mike Love was already noticeably receding when the band formed, at which point he was only 20 years old. Within a decade, it'd gotten so bad he was [[https://i.redd.it/2xm8wswyilu71.jpg forced to wear a combover]] and by his forties, he was [[https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GHYHYJ/mike-love-circa-1980s-credit-ralph-dominguezmediapunch-2GHYHYJ.jpg more or less completely bald on top]], hence why he's been wearing hats to cover it up for almost fifty years.

* Carl from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': Flashbacks show that even as a young boy, his hairline was receding.

* Steve Burns of ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' fame. You can see him gradually losing his hair over the course of his tenure on the show. In fact, his premature baldness is a part of the reason why he left, as he thought he would look too "old" for the kids watching. His reappearance on the reboot ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou'' shows him wearing a detective-style fedora on top of his shaved head.

* While not quite bald, Creator/HeathLedger's hairline has receded considerably during his mid/late twenties. He was only 28 when he died, but looked to be at least in his mid-thirties.

* Former child actor Steven Anthony Lawrence is only in his mid-twenties and is [[https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-12/2/2/enhanced/webdr02/original-17989-1449042148-2.jpg?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto pretty much bald]]. That combined with his unique features and facial hair, make him look about two decades older than he is.

* Steve Burns of ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' fame. You can see him losing his hair over the course of his tenure on the show. In fact, his premature baldness is a part of the reason why he left, as he thought he would look too "old" for the kids watching. His reappearance on the reboot ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou'' shows him wearing a detective-style fedora on top of his shaved head.

See also BaldOfAwesome and BaldHeadOfToughness. Contrast CharlieBrownBaldness, where a character has hair that's drawn as being (almost) bald. When done with a small child, or a teenage girl, it's ''usually'' case of the LittlestCancerPatient. Compare PrematurelyGreyHaired.