Cowlick or thinnig crown--need opinion

[nikolaj]

Hello everyone..
I have been losing hair since i was 19 years old,,i am now 22..
I am norwood 1.5,, slight recesion at temples,,and thinnig in the front, i have been succefully dealing with frontal hair loss, but now my main concern is my crown..
I have had a cowlick at crown since childhood, but now it seems to me it is getting slightly bigger (or maybe i'm just paranoid),and also my hair is weak all my life..
pics:
After drying

Usual day

Using flash on camera

The pics were taken at the same day

So what do you think, normal cowlick or started to thinning?
To use minoxidil on crown,, or to wait and observe?

 

[TravisB]

If you say that you're thinning on the front, then it's very possible that it's bald spot emerging. What's your family history of baldness?

EDIT: Yeah, now I see. It's definitely a bald spot forming. It's most obvious on the first photo.

 

[nikolaj]

There are some cases of male pattern baldness in my family. So what do you think to use minoxidil on the back too?

 

[Thom]

Yep, it's forming just like mine did. Good news is mine filled in with minoxidil and finasteride in just a couple to 3 months so you should be set.