When I get my a haircut I was thinking of getting a Temple fade with curls but I don't know how I would look, It won't let me put up a picture, And then another question is about facial hair is it genetic, Like my dad has hair under his chin and above his lip so does that mean that's how my facial hair could turn out I mean I like that style I don't know what you call it though.

I had to google the hair cut but I think it looks attractive and masculine.

Not sure on the facial hair thing. I'd imagine it's at least somewhat genetic though. I know it can vary a fair amount with cis guys, like for example I have two brothers, our father has had a full beard since well before I was born, my younger brother can also grow a full beard easily, but my older brother can really only do sideburns and a bit of fuzz on his chin and upper lip.

I've always heard that your facial hair pattern/growth will resemble that of your male relatives on your mother's side, not your father.

I also heard about the men on your mothers side thing too. But that's not to say you WILL or WONT. Some people have hairy family but don't seem to grow much or the other way round.

My one brother has facial hair exactly like my dad's. Mine is growing to resemble my dad's as well (very heavy). My youngest brother seems to be more like the men on my mom's side, though. So maybe it's a crapshoot.

Quote from: Kreuzfidel on November 23, 2013, 08:14:32 PM
I've always heard that your facial hair pattern/growth will resemble that of your male relatives on your mother's side, not your father.

Does the same go for hair growth and hair patterns or just facial hair?

Well they all have that to, I heard dads, most are genetic but idk most people said I should get curly hair like a temple fade

I've heard that in regards to male pattern baldness, that men tend to more resemble men on their mother's side of the family.

However, if my understanding of biology is correct (it may well not be) the reason for that is that the Y chromosome is missing some data, so XY individuals get slightly more of their genes from their mothers than their fathers, whereas XX individuals get a more even split. So that may not hold as true for transmen as it might for cismen.

Quote from: Kreuzfidel on November 23, 2013, 08:14:32 PM
I've always heard that your facial hair pattern/growth will resemble that of your male relatives on your mother's side, not your father.

That would explain why my over 30yo cismale friend has very poor hair growth all over, including very patchy beard with almost no mustache at all while his father is more like a werewolf with a full viking beard.

You kind of need to look at BOTH sides of the family for these things. I am not sure re: facial hair. Male pattern baldness is on the X chromosome, but then males have an X chromosome, so...

It's going to take awhile to grow the facial hair. I've seen older guys grow it pretty fast but the young guys. Think about that 20 year olds tend not to have real much facial hair. OTOH, you're going to have an easy time being read as male, though guessing you might look younger (tends to be a common thing).

For pictures you can easily set up a free imgur acct. It just wants a name, email, and password. This allows you to post onto susan's. I don't really know why it doesn't allow you to do this directly but oh well, it's easy.

--Jay

It's just a temple fade with curls at the top you can look it up its still being stupid

Quote from: Kytri on November 23, 2013, 08:55:54 PM
I've heard that in regards to male pattern baldness, that men tend to more resemble men on their mother's side of the family.

However, if my understanding of biology is correct (it may well not be) the reason for that is that the Y chromosome is missing some data, so XY individuals get slightly more of their genes from their mothers than their fathers, whereas XX individuals get a more even split. So that may not hold as true for transmen as it might for cismen.

What I think they were saying about male pattern baldness is that the gene is only on the X chromosome and therefore you could only get it from the mother's side. But the gene might be recessive, and so we would have less chances of getting it if we had two X chromosomes. So your chances of male pattern baldness are not necessarily increased just because you have two Xs.

Quote from: Brandon on November 23, 2013, 10:45:51 PM
It's just a temple fade with curls at the top you can look it up its still being stupid

Well susan's doesn't let you post directly, afaik. Otoh, I looked this up. I think you'd look very good like that, esp with more hair than less (if you get me on this).

I don't know re: the male pattern baldness. I have just heard you really need to look on both sides of the family. I think I worded his incorrectly-- WE have two Xs, well afaik. Obviously most of us don't really know what chromosomal pattern we might have, given this is a common thing to check out. I know of trans guys who DO have a Y chromosome somewhere., like XXY or something.


--Jay

Yeah that was basically my point, you'd be best off looking at both sides of the family, but even then things might turn out different that you'd expect. Genetics are complicated and all.

Quote from: randomdude5 on November 24, 2013, 09:42:01 AM
What I think they were saying about male pattern baldness is that the gene is only on the X chromosome and therefore you could only get it from the mother's side. But the gene might be recessive, and so we would have less chances of getting it if we had two X chromosomes. So your chances of male pattern baldness are not necessarily increased just because you have two Xs.

The gene tied to male pattern baldness is located on the X chromosome, so this is why you have to look at both sides.  Female born people get an X from the mother and an X from the father.