Help This Anxious College Kid!!!

[SeattleDave]

Hey all,

So when I was 18 I noticed my hairline started receding. I always had a high-ish forehead and a widow's peak, which makes it hard to estimate how much my hairline has changed. The corners of my hair are roughly 1 inch above my brow when I wrinkle it, and my widows peak has barely moved if at all from its original spot. Does this look like male pattern baldness or a mature hairline to you guys? I'm 21 now btw and am really hoping that it is just a mixture of a mature hairline + a widows peak....but give me your honest opinion. I"m guessing I would be a Norwood 2? maybe 2.5? Also, my left side (right in the pic) has always been higher ever since I started paying attention

I'm pretty sure my hair thickness hasn't changed on my crown...but it's hard to remember what it was like back then. Thanks for the help

 

[SeattleDave]

Thank you for the response! I hope you're wrong though...haha. Anyone else have an opinion? Is it even possible to tell if whether it's male pattern baldness if it's just a norwood 2?

 

[s.a.f]

Your best bet would be to look at fathers and grandfathers hair. If theres alot of baldness in the family.

 

[shineman921]

You have definitely receded to a NW2! It looks like male pattern baldness, but you could have the same hairline in 10yrs time. Might be best to monitor the the next 6mths to see if it tracks back further. But if i were in your position might be worth trying some Minoxidil Foam on your temples as a preventative measure. This is only my opinion, i could be wrong.

You see, this is what I don't get. At 18 I had quite a windows peak not dissimilar to the one in the picture. Probably worse. My brother called me dracula! Yes, nice! My mothers brother had the same hairline. I'm now 43 with exactly the same hairline. I guess what I am saying is that there isn't a 'normal' hairline and it looks perfectly fine to me. That could just be the shape of your natural hairline mate. Monitor it for a couple of years see if it changes.

 

[SeattleDave]

Thanks for the advice guys. My dad and my uncles on that side are bald, but my half-brother on that side has all his hair at almost age 40. My hair seems to take after my mom's side more, it's fairly thick and dark whereas my dad side has thin blonde hair before they go bald.


That's encouraging to hear that you had a similar hairline as me, Shineman. Even though your hairline stayed the same, did you end up losing any more hair on your crown/bald spot?

 

[shineman921]

Thanks for the advice guys. My dad and my uncles on that side are bald, but my half-brother on that side has all his hair at almost age 40. My hair seems to take after my mom's side more, it's fairly thick and dark whereas my dad side has thin blonde hair before they go bald.


That's encouraging to hear that you had a similar hairline as me, Shineman. Even though your hairline stayed the same, did you end up losing any more hair on your crown/bald spot?

started to thin at temples last year which coincided with ramping up my cardio and weight training. Pretty sure that caused it. Problem is I have incredibly fine hair to start so any minor loss is obvious. Ironically, people have constantly told me I'm balding from the age of 18!!!

 

[SeattleDave]

Good to know that you lasted around 24 years with my hairline before losing anymore (so they were clearly unrelated)...best of luck sorting out your hair problem!

 

[shineman921]

Good to know that you lasted around 24 years with my hairline before losing anymore (so they were clearly unrelated)...best of luck sorting out your hair problem!

Think Dracula a bit and that's my natural hairline! Don't believe these people who say all hairlines should be straight. It just ain't true. Just monitor it.

 

[abcdefg]

How can you tell anything looking at that picture? I mean it all depends on how much hair you had to begin with. I mean if your hairline was always like that then you lost no hair and its nothing. If you had a straight teenage hair line and now you have that then I think its a Norwood 2. Who the hell knows if it will stop or not maybe god? I dont think any test can tell you 100 percent your hair will forever stay at a Norwood 2 no matter how much family history shows you its just not guaranteed with how little we know about all this. You have a better idea than any of us.