So I'm a 21 year old male, and I've been worrying that maybe I'm in the early stage of male pattern baldness? I noticed the fast progression in my hairline changing over this current summer starting around late May 2012. First the right corner moved up a bit in June. Then in July the left corner started moving up a bit. This is when I went to my dermatologist in late July. He looked at my hairline and didn't notice any sign of early male pattern baldness; he confirmed this by doing the pull test in which no hair came out when he pulled on it. Then came August the current month; I started noticing my frontal hairline (the whole front view) getting weaker and fragile. I went for a free consultation with Hair Club. I was a little skeptical of them since their office was in a building not own by them; I think it was a hotel cause it was suite 100 in Merril Lynch Building. The doctor; if he even is a doctor? only a dress shirt and dress pants on. Not the usual lab coat or w/e certified MDs wear. They took me into a room. A whole new different men showed up to do the microscopic evaluation. He was wearing an Hawaiian shirt & I was right away able to tell he wasn't a doctor. He did the evaluation. Found thick terminal hair on the back, sides, crown, and vertex. Then came the frontal view part of my head. He showed me my hairline in the computer. Then pointed to a little bit below that hairline and said I had miniaturizing and like one dead hair. The dead hair and miniaturization was below the hairline. But behind where the hairline starts it was all terminal hair. I'm going for a dermatologist evaluation for miniaturization so I know this time from a specialized person. I heard that miniaturization happens below you mature hairline when it's forming? Basically the Juvenile Hairline dying off I guess? I'm going to post pictures and if anybody could advice whether or not this an early sign of male pattern baldness or just my hairline moving up. I feel like it's male pattern baldness, but again I'm new to this whole hairline moving up thing and receding just like any other men in their 20's. So I'm just confused whether is it's normal process of maturation or early stage of male pattern baldness. I'm going to be evaluated soon by a certified Dermatologist. But for now could you please let me know about your opinions & if I should grab a box of Rogain as soon as possible. Sorry for writing a huge a essay lol, but I just want to catch this thing early on. Pics are posted; please let me know your opinions on them. Thank You. I'm going to take pics with my hair combed forward and post them up soon.
-Amit Patel-
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Here's more pictures like I said with my hair combed down
These are the most present pics from Today.
The one I posted before was in early July
There's 2 front views and 2 side views
2 Front Views
Left Side
Right Side
Conclusion from my View: As you can see the front of the hairs look a bit fragile and brittle. But surprisingly the both side views of the corners appear thick; they moved up a bit but they appear thick. So as I was saying is the frontal view an explanation of my hairs on the juvenile hairline miniaturizing while the hairline moves up to the mature position now that the corners have moved up and established themselves? As you can see beyond the hairline I have a full head of thick hair. Let me know about your views thanks
-Amit Patel-
-Amit Patel-
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Here's more pictures like I said with my hair combed down
These are the most present pics from Today.
The one I posted before was in early July
There's 2 front views and 2 side views
2 Front Views
Left Side
Right Side
Conclusion from my View: As you can see the front of the hairs look a bit fragile and brittle. But surprisingly the both side views of the corners appear thick; they moved up a bit but they appear thick. So as I was saying is the frontal view an explanation of my hairs on the juvenile hairline miniaturizing while the hairline moves up to the mature position now that the corners have moved up and established themselves? As you can see beyond the hairline I have a full head of thick hair. Let me know about your views thanks
-Amit Patel-