Male Pattern Baldness Is it simply caused by an inactive or under-ac hieving thyroid? Balding Trillionaire Yes. It could be. One man's baldness is another man's Vin Diesel. One man's meat is another man's Vin Diesel. One man's poison is another man's Vin Diesel. (Mister Diesel is sure taking a pounding here today.) Male Pattern Baldness Why does it upset us? Probably because we don't get to choose the pattern. The funny thing is scientists say this 'androgenic alopecia', which they are still not totally certain about, looks just like what would happen if your thyroid stopped running. And what would cause your thyroid to stop running? Is our thyroid important? Yes it is. It's an important gland. It controls how quickly the body burns energy, makes proteins, and how sensitive our internal organs are to all the hormones. What causes the thyroid to malfunction? Bad food...unhealthy food(I LOVE that stuff...you don't have to get...