Baldness Test
Guide Note: A company called HairDX is offering a DNA Baldness Test to men who are worried about the possibility of hair loss in their future. The test, which can be ordered online, involves swabbing the inside of the cheek, then sending it in to test for a specific gene that HairDX claims is found in 95% of bald men. Critics of the test, however, say that it is inaccurate, particularly because there is a wide variety of genes that could potentially cause baldness.
Fast Facts:
- Cost: $149
- Website: HairDX.com
- HairDX president: Andy Goren
- Test is anonymous
- 40 million American men are bald
- Not all baldness comes from genetics
- Common hair loss medications: Rogaine; Propecia; Avodart
- Also try: Hair Loss
Baldness Test News and Information
- Official Site: HairDX
- Google News: HairDX
- USA Today: Fate of Your Pate: DNA Test Tells Odds of Baldness (March 3, 2008)
- CNN.com Video: Baldness Test (2:06)
- El Paso Times: Predicting Hair Loss (March 17, 2008)
- Reuters: Leading Hair Restoration Surgeon... Joins Advisory Board Of HairDX (January 22, 2008)
- WDIV (Detroit): Company Offers Test For Male Baldness (March 3, 2008)
- Cosmentics Design.com: Hair Care Provider Offers Genetic Tests for Baldness (March 6, 2008)
- Medical News Today: Doctors To Offer New Genetic Test For Baldness From Biotech Startup (February 22, 2008)
Baldness Test Blogs and Commentaries
- Eye on DNA: HairDX - Genetic Test for Male Pattern Baldness (January 16, 2008)
- Balding Blog: HairDX Genetic Hair Loss Test System (January 30, 2008)
- My Biotech Life: HairDX - the Genetic Test for Hair Loss January 16, 2008)
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