Can someone explain "balding head" to me?

I think of it as balding head rather than hair, which is lost from the balding head.

But anyway, the gene for baldness is passed down through the maternal line. So your sons should look to your father’s head for their chances of baldness.

@marinelife has it – look at your own father.

I know another interesting fact about balding. The bald patch isn’t hair free at all. The number of hair follicles remains constant but the hair produced is very fine and short like the hair on the inside of your wrist.

I’ve been bald since my 30s, my brothers are not.

Jaytkay…is your mother’s father bald?

My grandfathers were not, my father was.

I have friends who lost their hair couple of years after getting married..)

My Mom’s father was bald.
My Father’s father was not. Neither was my Dad.
I am.
That gene seems to come from the Mothers family.

Just because a person has the genes for balding does not mean it will manifest itself.
It is a myth that most balding comes from the maternal side.
DNA has proved that.

@MooCows You are incorrect.

Here is what one source says about that:

“While the primary baldness gene is on the X chromosome, which men get only from their mothers, other factors are also in play. The hereditary factor is slightly more dominant on the woman’s side, but research suggests that men who have a bald father are more likely to develop male pattern baldness than those who don’t.”