The possibility of baldness. I know when I see my fingers? If the ring finger is longer than the index finger, it's up to 6 times
Jan 01, 2025
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According to the British media Daily Mail, Dr. Joe Whittington, who has more than 3 million followers on social media, cited a study on the correlation between fingers and male alopecia by researchers at Kaohsiung University in Taiwan.
Dr. Cho argued that the possibility of male hair loss can be estimated by looking at '2D (fingerprint):4D (fingerprint) ratio'.
He said that in the case of right-handed people, the longer the ring finger is compared to the index finger, the greater the risk of androgenic alopecia is up to six times greater.
Androgen is a generic term for male hormones that act on the development of secondary sexual characteristics in men.
Accordingly, androgenic hair loss is considered to occur only in men, but it can also occur in women. However, there is a difference in symptoms, but men often have hair loss on the front of the top of the head and scalp, while women often have thinner and less hair on the top of the head.
Dr. Cho explained that the association between finger ratio and hair loss is due to "exposure to large amounts of testosterone during the fetal period" and that "the more people who are exposed to testosterone before birth, the more sensitive hair follicles are to DHT hormones (dihydrotestosterone) as they get older, the greater the risk of hair loss."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
