There are many studies that indicate 95% of baldness that occurs in males and 70% of the baldness that occurs in females is the result of hereditary genetic factors. Keeping those statistics in mind, here are some things to consider about the hereditary factors involved in hair loss in men and women.

A popular belief is that hereditary hair loss is in men and women predominately occurs in the Caucasian ethnic group. There is a misconception that the Caucasian community is the only ethnic group that experiences baldness. This is a long ways from fact.

Hereditary baldness affects many different ethnic groups. It is common in the Asian, Latino, and African-American ethnic groups. It seems that the common link to hereditary hair loss in all ethnic groups is that it can occur from both the mother's and the father's sides of the family.