Head injury cause male pattern baldness to worsen? Rogaine user

[BubbaGump123]

Hi all - I am a man in my mid 40's, with thinning hair upfront so I am already super concerned about male pattern baldness. Today I was picking something up from the floor and stood up and rammed my head into the corner of the kitchen table, caused a big gash, a lot of pain (so much that I screamed like a little girl), and significant bleeding which took a while to stop.

I don't give a crap about the wound itself, we are all here because of one thing - hair loss. And in my case the wound happens to be in EXACTLY the same spot as the typical male patten baldness "M" area with the thinning and receding hairline (see photos).

So my main concerns are 3 fold:

1. I heard that general trauma/cuts/scrapes/bruises to the head/scalp can cause permanent hair loss if the injury is bad enough. Is this true?
2. My injury will definitely leave a scar. So that whole area with the scar will suffer permanent hair loss because hair cannot grow on scars. Is that true?
3. As for male pattern baldness I heard that trauma/wounds/scrapes/cuts to the scalp will exacerbate and speed up male pattern baldness and is not reversable. Basically you jump to a more advanced stage of male pattern baldness that normally would progress more slowly. Is that true?

I know that for a kid to suffer the same thing, or for a wound location that's not affected by male patten baldness (like back of head for example) , the hair loss would likely only be temporary and grow back. However I am suffering from male patten baldness/thinning, and the wound happens to be at the worst location for male pattern baldness/thinning.

I do use rogaine in general, which I guess I will have to stop for a while. I've also cleaned with wound with saline and antiseptic.

What else can I do to help my case?

Thanks so much!

 

[mania]

Male pattern baldness, which is mostly brought on by hormones and heredity, is unlikely to be directly exacerbated by a head injury, however it may result in temporary hair loss. However, shock-induced hair loss (telogen effluvium), in which hair follicles momentarily cease generating hair, can result from a head injury, albeit this is typically very temporary. Rarely, significant head trauma can result in scarring alopecia, which can cause the affected area to permanently lose its hair.

 

[Understanding Hair]

@BubbaGump123 ,

I don´t think you have anything to concerned with the cut, and healing. It appears small and not deep, the risk of negative hair growth from it is so small. Hair can grow though scar tissue, however, it can be impaired, the overall size of the wound though it unlikely to make any obvious different to your hairline density. Some of your concerns relate more to having a hair transplant and the immediate weeks after healing, when the grafts are vulnerable. Keep the minox away from the cut until it´s fully healed.

 

[Bigmac]

You will be fine. The cut looks very small. I doubt you will even see any scar tissue.