eli5: How come men have do deal with balding on their heads, but not in their beards (or anywhere else for that matter)?

Question

I’ve seen so many old guys rocking beautiful beards yet their head is literally devoid of hair. How come balding doesn’t affect beards or the rest of their body?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Older, hairy guy here and you do lose hair elsewhere. Most of my body hair is noticeably thinner and the hair is almost entirely gone on my legs. Thinning on top, but looks like I will keep enough hair to avoid the cue ball look. Bottom line is that men do lose hair elsewhere, but it is maybe not as dramatic.