How Many Of You Guys Thought You Were Balding In Your Teens But It Was Just Maturing?

[chappaquiddick]

Curious to know, what did it look like?

 

[Dsport]

My hair freaked out when i was 17.

It lost its shine and my mother noticed.

There was some kind of hormone change.

It started diffuse thin at age 19

 

[biddybomb]

No such thing as 'maturing' in my opinion. Maturing is just a term coined by men to placate their egos that their loss is just 'maturing'. There are some lucky men who have very little to no signs of 'maturing'.

this, I have a classic 'mature' hairline and it started at 19. I got a good timeline of pics on my other pc so you can see how its progressed over almost 10 years. Its been receding extremely slowly and probably will continue to do so when finasteride loses its efficacy. I will post pics a bit later so you can see whatsup.

 

[shookwun]

maturing...LOL


I had bald U NW2 shape temples at 17.


ugly as f***.

 

[Roberto_72]

Maturing < > teens

By definition, if you are balding in your teens, it is not a "mature" hairline.

Alas, it is baldness.

 

[chappaquiddick]

By balding I meant recession. Dermatologists say its perfectly natural for young men to recede a bit in their late teens and early twenties. I don't know why people here are so vehemently against this notion. Take my grandfather for instance. These photos are of him at 16, 20, and 72

http://imgur.com/a/PYS6a

I bet if he posted photos of his hairline here when he was 18 or 19 people would tell him to get on finasteride if he wants to keep his hair.

 

[abcdefg]

this, I have a classic 'mature' hairline and it started at 19. I got a good timeline of pics on my other pc so you can see how its progressed over almost 10 years. Its been receding extremely slowly and probably will continue to do so when finasteride loses its efficacy. I will post pics a bit later so you can see whatsup.

Just because your speed of male pattern baldness changed and slowed down a lot doesnt really invalidate what he said. You never knew it would slow down or stop by itself. Sometimes it doesnt. You lost hair and then it slowed down a lot, and might speed up later. Its all hair loss call it whatever you want. Its all the same underlying process.

 

[abcdefg]

By balding I meant recession. Dermatologists say its perfectly natural for young men to recede a bit in their late teens and early twenties. I don't know why people here are so vehemently against this notion. Take my grandfather for instance. These photos are of him at 16, 20, and 72

http://imgur.com/a/PYS6a

I bet if he posted photos of his hairline here when he was 18 or 19 people would tell him to get on finasteride if he wants to keep his hair.

He might have had better hair had he done something versus just letting it go. Again he never knew back then whether it would stop or progress. Back then you had no choice anyway. The whole notion is that you cant predict the future so treat it as male pattern baldness versus just hoping it stops by itself because sometimes it doesnt.
He might have had very slow male pattern baldness progression over all those years too, and just never went bald.
Do you want to be proactive or go bald and then be reactive? Its just personal choice, but you cant regrow hair as of now.

 

[g.i joey]

I did, then I woke up and saw my weak *** nw2.5 hairline in the mirror. Thanks bro

 

[chappaquiddick]

He might have had better hair had he done something versus just letting it go. Again he never knew back then whether it would stop or progress. Back then you had no choice anyway. The whole notion is that you cant predict the future so treat it as male pattern baldness versus just hoping it stops by itself because sometimes it doesnt.
He might have had very slow male pattern baldness progression over all those years too, and just never went bald.
Do you want to be proactive or go bald and then be reactive? Its just personal choice, but you cant regrow hair as of now.

I agree with you on the proactive bit, my family has a pretty good history with hair but my paternal grandpa lost his hair pretty early which is why I'm taking finasteride even though i'm more likely just taking after my maternal one. It's just irritating how people here don't think a mature hairline exists.

 

[biddybomb]

Just because your speed of male pattern baldness changed and slowed down a lot doesnt really invalidate what he said. You never knew it would slow down or stop by itself. Sometimes it doesnt. You lost hair and then it slowed down a lot, and might speed up later. Its all hair loss call it whatever you want. Its all the same underlying process.

you might have misinterpreted what I was saying, but yeah I 100% agree with you and the poster I replied to. I was basically just trying to say that I could have accepted the 'mature hairline' pill but I knew early on that hairloss is hairloss and it occurs from the same underlying factor which is male pattern baldness. The vast majority of people with 'mature hairlines' go on to advanced NW2's and NW3's if not worse by the time they are 60.

 

[Roberto_72]

It's just irritating how people here don't think a mature hairline exists.

So the story is:

1. You come to a hair loss site to ask if you are thinning out
2. People tell you you probably are based on the facts you state and give you advice
3. You are "irritated" since you did not get the answer you would have preferred

Okay.

 

[chappaquiddick]

So the story is:

1. You come to a hair loss site to ask if you are thinning out
2. People tell you you probably are based on the facts you state and give you advice
3. You are "irritated" since you did not get the answer you would have preferred

Okay.

http://donovanmedical.com/hair-blog/2013/9/23/is-your-hairline-maturing-or-a-balding

http://www.viviscal.com/hair-care/mature-hairline-vs-male-pattern-baldness

http://www.beIgraviacentre.com/blog...irline-is-it-a-sign-of-male-pattern-baldness/

https://www.hshairclinic.co.uk/news...-a-mature-hairline-and-male-pattern-baldness/

http://www.hairlossdaily.com/mature-hairline/

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-mature-hairline.htm

https://baldingblog.com/2006/10/06/juvenile-vs-mature-hairline-am-i-going-bald-with-photos/

https://ashleyandmartin.com.au/the-mature-hairline-explained/

https://www.dermhairclinic.com/hairline-recession-maturation-difference/


Now a couple of these sources copy from other ones but I think the point still stands. I'm not trying to start anything or be needlessly pedantic but it exists, whether you like it or not. If you're from a family of NW1's and you're a NW2 at 19 I'd be worried. Same goes if the recession is extensive.

 

[biddybomb]

http://donovanmedical.com/hair-blog/2013/9/23/is-your-hairline-maturing-or-a-balding

http://www.viviscal.com/hair-care/mature-hairline-vs-male-pattern-baldness

http://www.beIgraviacentre.com/blog...irline-is-it-a-sign-of-male-pattern-baldness/

https://www.hshairclinic.co.uk/news...-a-mature-hairline-and-male-pattern-baldness/

http://www.hairlossdaily.com/mature-hairline/

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-mature-hairline.htm

https://baldingblog.com/2006/10/06/juvenile-vs-mature-hairline-am-i-going-bald-with-photos/

https://ashleyandmartin.com.au/the-mature-hairline-explained/

https://www.dermhairclinic.com/hairline-recession-maturation-difference/


Now a couple of these sources copy from other ones but I think the point still stands. I'm not trying to start anything or be needlessly pedantic but it exists, whether you like it or not. If you're from a family of NW1's and you're a NW2 at 19 I'd be worried. Same goes if the recession is extensive.

Without trying to get too philosophical, it only exists in the way we define it. It is very common for Caucasian men to lose hair slightly at the corners. The mechanism for such a thing happening is the same regardless of its categorisation as a non balding related event....aka miniaturisation due to sensitivity to DHT derived from the male pattern baldness gene(s). Noone knows why men are particularly susceptible to losing hair there although I have read a few differing postulations. My point is, its not a medically or scientifically defined occurrence, its simply an observation and in essence is a euphemism for mild male pattern baldness that entails recession at the corners whilst the frontal hairline remains solid.

Check out this balding blog post.

https://baldingblog.com/2008/08/01/johnny-depps-hairline/

He says that Johnny Depp isn't suffering from male pattern baldness. It is clear that Johnny clearly is and it just goes to show the haziness behind this entire definition, and that it is not rock solid. It is a common occurrence, yet it is also very common for men to eventually end up as norwood 3's or beyond by the time they are 60, despite just having a 'mature hairline' in their twenties. It just comes down to genetics, are you lucky enough to recede in a non A pattern or not, its a completely unscientific way of looking at what is actually going on considering a NW2A in your twenties would be considered baldness, yet the man with a NW2 is considered safe. Many times down the line both men end up with the same hairline, further adding to my point that it isn't scientific, its a definition based on pure aesthetic.

Johnny Depp Today

The quality of his hairline is decimated, stringy DHT effected hairs. It isn't surprising given his hairline looked like this when he was younger.

In conclusion, you need to decide if you are okay with having a 'mature hairline'. If you truly believe a mature hairline exists and that once formed you are totally non-susceptible to further degradation then thats awesome. Your grandads hairline remained solid until the very end so you very well could be one of these people. However, it isn't a black and white thing.

 

[Roberto_72]

http://donovanmedical.com/hair-blog/2013/9/23/is-your-hairline-maturing-or-a-balding

http://www.viviscal.com/hair-care/mature-hairline-vs-male-pattern-baldness

If you're from a family of NW1's and you're a NW2 at 19 I'd be worried. Same goes if the recession is extensive.

So why are you worried and opened an account on a hair loss site?
People here are trying to give you advice, not prove you wrong.

 

[CopeForLife]

i skipped maturing and went diffusing instead

 

[barfacan]

it's just a super common form of baldness, mostly within Caucasians. The temples seem to be extremely sensetive, on average, to whatever processes drive male pattern baldness. Or maybe its a whole other thing separate from actual androgenic Propecia? Who cares though, right? If the public doesn't view it as balding then who cares.