Hairline Has Been Weird Since I Was a Kid & I Want to Grow it Back

[jennd]

To give a bit of backstory, I'm currently 23 years old and I've always been embarrassed by my hairline. I think I messed it all up when I was a kid. Around 7-10 years old, I had an obsession with cutting things. I guess I got too influenced by women in magazines/tv/movies that I got frustrated that my hairline wasn't growing out as fast as the rest of my hair did. So, I just cut off my hairline. Stupid, stupid kid logic. Fast-forward 13-16 years later and it's still like this:

Front: http://i.imgur.com/2NSJzqf.png
(my) Left: http://i.imgur.com/77CRwra.png
Right: http://i.imgur.com/r2JDPAS.png

I figure my hairline might be just thin, but I'm not entirely sure. I haven't been to a hairdresser/salon since I was in high school and I had never thought to ask back then about it. I just always got haircuts with bangs to hide my hairline. Not really effective when you live in a windy city. When I look it up on the internet, many places say getting it cut helps growth. So, I've just been looking to go to a good salon around me that may help me, but I'm paranoid because I've had bad luck where the place did something quite different with my hair that I don't really like much. I've done a few oils here and there but nothing seems to make a difference. I've also asked a friend who's a hairdresser and she said that was just naturally how my hair is. If that's true, I would really like some tips on how to make myself not look as bald as I do when my hair gets pushed back or any kind of feedback helps. Thanks!

 

[GoldenMane]

This is actually quite normal, I see this a lot. It has nothing to do with anything you did, cutting it, oils In fact many of my students aged 12-15 have these thin short hairs on their hairline. It's found in caucasian women sometimes but is most common among Asian women and even children/teens. I don't think there's anything you can do about it. Cutting won't help. If you are really unhappy with it then the best solution would be s hair transplant, thicken up your hairline.

 

[soofyah]

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[PappinAce]

High hairline with baby hairs on the forelock. Like GoldenMane said, it's actually quite common. I see lots of students with this type of hair at my uni, and they're in their 20s! (We hair loss sufferers tend to pay a lot of attention to other people's hair, lol) So don't beat yourself up; it has nothing to do with what you did as a kid. Like you said, even back then you were worried about it which is what led to you cutting it in the first place.

Can you still frame your face with your hair?

 

[brightnewfuture]

Yours look quite normal to be honest!