jonny_wonny
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Hey guys,
For the past couple years I've been noticing my hair is starting to get thinner. It's definitely receding, and it also seems like I'm getting a bit vertex thinning. I'm a Norwood 2, possibly A, and on my way to a V (based on my own diagnosis and confirmed by a dermatologist). To be clear, I have no bald spots on my vertex, but it's certainly thinner up there than it is on the very back of my head. It also seems like I have a significant amount of diffuse thinning. I can't style my hair up because it looks silly when you can clearly see my scalp. Of course, I don't know what it looks like anywhere other than under the lighting of my bathroom.
The thing is, I basically don't have any serious hairloss in my family. My dad, who is 60, is probably a Norwood 2, and according to my mom, her grandfather had a full head of hair when he died at 65. Of course, if my mom were familiar with the Norwood scale she may have been able to recognize some amount of balding, but clearly it wasn't enough for her "untrained" eyes to notice.
My mom has three brothers, all of which have a matured hairline but that's it. I have two older step brothers, both of which have a full head of hair, and my 27 year old brother has as much hair as he's ever had.
Anyways, so that's my story, and as silly as it seems, I'm incredibly paranoid about my hair. It's basically an obsession of mine. I worry about it constantly, and every day I spend at least 5 minutes a few times a day looking at my hair trying to figure out if it's getting worse. Sometimes I think it is, and sometimes I think it is.
If my hair were to end up basically looking like my fathers, I'd be fine. But since I'm starting so young, I'm worried that by the time I'm his age I'll be at a Norwood 4 or 5, or even worse. But I just don't know how genetics influences the progression of baldness. It definitely seems like I don't have the genetics for completely thick hair my entire life. But is there a difference between having the genetics for a matured hairline and having full blown male pattern baldness? If I do have the male pattern baldness gene, could it progress to any point regardless of what my family history is?
I'm assuming nobody really knows the answers to any of these questions, but I'm hoping somebody can shed some light on my situation. I do recognize that there are many other people who are much worse off than I am, and please believe me when I say that my heart goes out to you. Ever since this has started happening, I feel a deep sadness anytime I see someone who's deep into the process of balding. I never realized how imporant hair was to my identity until I started worrying about losing it, and now that I have this fear, it feels as though a part of myself is slowly dying. Sometimes I think about what it would be like to actually have clearly visible bald spots, and I almost give myself a panic attack.
Anyways, that's my situation. If anyone has any sort of response, be it positive or negative, I'd love to hear it. Thanks!
For the past couple years I've been noticing my hair is starting to get thinner. It's definitely receding, and it also seems like I'm getting a bit vertex thinning. I'm a Norwood 2, possibly A, and on my way to a V (based on my own diagnosis and confirmed by a dermatologist). To be clear, I have no bald spots on my vertex, but it's certainly thinner up there than it is on the very back of my head. It also seems like I have a significant amount of diffuse thinning. I can't style my hair up because it looks silly when you can clearly see my scalp. Of course, I don't know what it looks like anywhere other than under the lighting of my bathroom.
The thing is, I basically don't have any serious hairloss in my family. My dad, who is 60, is probably a Norwood 2, and according to my mom, her grandfather had a full head of hair when he died at 65. Of course, if my mom were familiar with the Norwood scale she may have been able to recognize some amount of balding, but clearly it wasn't enough for her "untrained" eyes to notice.
My mom has three brothers, all of which have a matured hairline but that's it. I have two older step brothers, both of which have a full head of hair, and my 27 year old brother has as much hair as he's ever had.
Anyways, so that's my story, and as silly as it seems, I'm incredibly paranoid about my hair. It's basically an obsession of mine. I worry about it constantly, and every day I spend at least 5 minutes a few times a day looking at my hair trying to figure out if it's getting worse. Sometimes I think it is, and sometimes I think it is.
If my hair were to end up basically looking like my fathers, I'd be fine. But since I'm starting so young, I'm worried that by the time I'm his age I'll be at a Norwood 4 or 5, or even worse. But I just don't know how genetics influences the progression of baldness. It definitely seems like I don't have the genetics for completely thick hair my entire life. But is there a difference between having the genetics for a matured hairline and having full blown male pattern baldness? If I do have the male pattern baldness gene, could it progress to any point regardless of what my family history is?
I'm assuming nobody really knows the answers to any of these questions, but I'm hoping somebody can shed some light on my situation. I do recognize that there are many other people who are much worse off than I am, and please believe me when I say that my heart goes out to you. Ever since this has started happening, I feel a deep sadness anytime I see someone who's deep into the process of balding. I never realized how imporant hair was to my identity until I started worrying about losing it, and now that I have this fear, it feels as though a part of myself is slowly dying. Sometimes I think about what it would be like to actually have clearly visible bald spots, and I almost give myself a panic attack.
Anyways, that's my situation. If anyone has any sort of response, be it positive or negative, I'd love to hear it. Thanks!