intriguing question

Okay this doesn't apply to me but what if someone had balding genes and they grew dreads when they were young and their balding would start say in their thirties...what would happen? Would all their dreads fall out like regular hair?
updated by @chace-maye: 01/13/15 09:30:52PM

Well... Yeah. Dreads are still regular hair, the only difference is that dreads are matted hair.

Oh wow that would be a total bummer

Yeah... But, people with genetic predispositions to go bald will go bald eventually anyway. My baby brother, who is now 16, has about 10 more years before he starts going bald too.

So, the way I see it, they should use the hairy time they have to rock some awesome dreads.

And, from what I see around me, most men lose hair on top of their heads, only a few lose all of it. So I figure it would be damn cool to be a half-bald half-dreaded eighty year old man. :D

Ha that's a great way of looking at it

if you check out Babas videos he talks about the balding he will be dealing with, he wants to have the bald on top dreads round the rest look. I think it's an awesome look!