Are The Hair Follicles Still Visible In male pattern baldness Sufferers?

[vinn]

So I've started diffuse thinning across the entire top of my head with zero recession, but there's a small part of me that hopes this is just temporary due to stress. I can still see the follicles where hair used to be. In male pattern baldness, would the follicles still be visible? By follicles I mean the little holes where hair sprouts from, even though there are no hair strands there.

This entire process has happened fast. I went through a bad breakup in December last year and started noticing thinning two months later. I'm 27. I would estimate I've lost 30-40% density on the top of my head since then. My hairline however is still completely intact, zero change.

 

[rclark]

So I've started diffuse thinning across the entire top of my head with zero recession, but there's a small part of me that hopes this is just temporary due to stress. I can still see the follicles where hair used to be. In male pattern baldness, would the follicles still be visible?

This entire process has happened fast. I went through a bad breakup in December last year and started noticing thinning two months later. I'm 27.

Yes, they are visible, they eventually become a state where they don't grow, but they are there.

In a way, they are "dead". They just become too thin to see.

The problem is that sunburn, and weather conditions, can actually "kill" follicles. And when they get to the point that there not diffuse, but bald (no terminal (growing) hair surrounding them, it's practically impossible to grow them back.

The SAME IS ACTUALLY TRUE WITH THE HAIRLINE!

It's a myth that drugs like Finasteride and Minoxdil don't grow back the hairline, they actually DO.

As long as treatment starts when a person is first going bald. Age doesn't really matter, as some bald slower
than others.

If you look closely, with good lighting, you can probably see them.

 

[rclark]

Let me also shed light on ANOTHER MYTH.

Contrary to popular belief, it IS POSSIBLE to regrow hair in completely bald areas, IF

1. A person responds well to medications.

2. The person lost hair recently.

Younger men in their twenties probably have a much better chance of hair regrowth.

In white people (myself), we start going gray around our thirties. "Dead hair" is colorless, so it is
harder to see. The follicle stops making pigmentation, and it goes gray.

Other ethnic groups go gray much later in life, (African, Asian ancestory), if we factor out
stress and other environmental issues.

 

[vinn]

Yes, they are visible, they eventually become a state where they don't grow, but they are there.

In a way, they are "dead". They just become too thin to see.

The problem is that sunburn, and weather conditions, can actually "kill" follicles. And when they get to the point that there not diffuse, but bald (no terminal (growing) hair surrounding them, it's practically impossible to grow them back.

The SAME IS ACTUALLY TRUE WITH THE HAIRLINE!

It's a myth that drugs like Finasteride and Minoxdil don't grow back the hairline, they actually DO.

As long as treatment starts when a person is first going bald. Age doesn't really matter, as some bald slower
than others.

If you look closely, with good lighting, you can probably see them.

Do you mean the actual hole becomes thinner? Because my empty hair follicles still look as thick as the rest.

 

[rclark]

It depends on how recent you lost them.

Skin loses it's collagen with age, and it also depends how well you take care of the
area where it's diffuse.

You have to start quick about it, if you want to save your follicles.

Follicels that have been invisible for years, probably won't come back. It's a sad truth.