Do black men have a different balding pattern than whites?

[Nene]

So I just started law school this week, and it's been great so far. Obviously I've been norwood spotting the men in my program. Right now it's orientation for minority students but it also includes some whites. Most of these guys are younger than me (26). I don't see one person, out of about 30 guys, with hair loss beyond norwood 2 unless some of the guys with bangs and shaggy/long hair are hiding it. In any event, of the black men, all of them have ruler straight hairlines, however some of these hairlines aren't very low. I have a hard time calling it a norwood 1 when it's so high above the eyebrows, but since it's not receded at the temples I also have a hard time calling it a norwood 2. I have seen black men with temporal recession (Lebron James for example) but more often than not I see just high, but straight hairlines, even when the crown starts to go. Do you guys think it's possible that for many black men, a mature hairline is just a shift of the entire hairline up an inch or so rather than typical norwood 2 hairline? This might sound crazy but if you live in a country with black people, try to notice it. For example look at this below. That hairline is high, no way he had that hairline at 12, but somehow still very straight, in fact almost concave! Also take a look a Jamie Foxx pre hair transplant for an example. Thoughts?

 

[kthxbi]

ive noticed this too but i think its just how they style their hair. i went to a primarily (probably 90%) black school and that razor hairline is kind of a matter of pride in a lot of black communities, so even when they begin to get a receding hairline they just balance it out by keeping it straight and just raising the whole thing.

 

[HairLoss916]

I can point out a few things as a black man.

1. In my experiencen black men have the razor sharp hairlines more often that whites because if they get any recesion they just move their hairline up to keep it sharp. Thats why you see high hairlines on some blacks.

2. Blacks generally start off with lower juvenile hairlines than whites. Some of them keep their juvenile hairlines have have zero male pattern baldness but move their hairline up so to you it may *look* like they are receeding but they move their hairline up on purpose. Thats why they have full temples and a higher than "normal" (whatever that is) hairline.

3. It seems like more whites in general suffer from male pattern baldness than blacks. I could be wrong on this and it may be harder to tell with us since we keep our hair short.

 

[Nene]

I can point out a few things as a black man.

1. In my experiencen black men have the razor sharp hairlines more often that whites because if they get any recesion they just move their hairline up to keep it sharp. Thats why you see high hairlines on some blacks.

2. Blacks generally start off with lower juvenile hairlines than whites. Some of them keep their juvenile hairlines have have zero male pattern baldness but move their hairline up so to you it may *look* like they are receeding but they move their hairline up on purpose. Thats why they have full temples and a higher than "normal" (whatever that is) hairline.

3. It seems like more whites in general suffer from male pattern baldness than blacks. I could be wrong on this and it may be harder to tell with us since we keep our hair short.

I think whites do have more hair loss. I'm Puerto Rican so I also used to get sharp line ups as you can see if you look at my story. You see I couldn't get a straight line up anymore b/c the sides are too receded. It would be VERY high if I made it a straight line across my head. Instead my barber would make it so that it slightly curves on the sides. If he pushed it all the way back to make it look straight it'd look ridiculous but somehow blacks guys can do it and it doesn't look so bad.

 

[HairLoss916]

I can point out a few things as a black man.

1. In my experiencen black men have the razor sharp hairlines more often that whites because if they get any recesion they just move their hairline up to keep it sharp. Thats why you see high hairlines on some blacks.

2. Blacks generally start off with lower juvenile hairlines than whites. Some of them keep their juvenile hairlines have have zero male pattern baldness but move their hairline up so to you it may *look* like they are receeding but they move their hairline up on purpose. Thats why they have full temples and a higher than "normal" (whatever that is) hairline.

3. It seems like more whites in general suffer from male pattern baldness than blacks. I could be wrong on this and it may be harder to tell with us since we keep our hair short.

I think whites do have more hair loss. I'm Puerto Rican so I also used to get sharp line ups as you can see if you look at my story. You see I couldn't get a straight line up anymore b/c the sides are too receded. It would be VERY high if I made it a straight line across my head. Instead my barber would make it so that it slightly curves on the sides. If he pushed it all the way back to make it look straight it'd look ridiculous but somehow blacks guys can do it and it doesn't look so bad.

I think those high hairlines look dumb too. If you are receeding past NW1 you should just keep the curved hairline or just shave it all off. Moving your hair up that far to keep it sharp looks like sh*t.