I'm 20, turning 21 in early February. My father is balding now heavily at 51 but he doesn't care. He's on NW3,5 or 4 I think (relatively small bald spot on the crown, front hair is very thin and sparse while the temples are receded to a NW3. Hair in the middle still thick). My Grandpa from my mothers side had relatively good hair until the end. My uncle from my mothers side is not bald but he was balding at around 30 so he shaved it off since then because he had very thin hair and just didn't look good. My Grandpa from my father's side had really good hair until like 60 but he always buzzed it. I don't know exactly at what point he was balding tho because nowadays he is more of a norwood 4
I'm aware that I'm balding for roughly a year when I noticed my recessed temples. They didn't get much worse since then. But I noticed like two weeks ago that I'm diffuse thinning a bit now and I'm not entirely sure if it's the next step in my male pattern baldness or something like physical stress. I tore my ACL and both meniscus in September, in October I had surgery and I did read somewhere that physical stress like injuries or surgery can result in temporary diffuse thinning. However I made an appointment with an dermatologist in January and my questions are
1. What stage of the Norwood scala applies to me right now. Norwood 3? Norwood 2?
2. Because I live in Germany and I am german Finasterid is not easily available here. You only get it from the Doctor and my question is if I should ask the Doctor for Finasterid and if I should go on treatment now or wait a bit? How bad is it basically^^.
Thanks for your help I really appreciate it.
I'm aware that I'm balding for roughly a year when I noticed my recessed temples. They didn't get much worse since then. But I noticed like two weeks ago that I'm diffuse thinning a bit now and I'm not entirely sure if it's the next step in my male pattern baldness or something like physical stress. I tore my ACL and both meniscus in September, in October I had surgery and I did read somewhere that physical stress like injuries or surgery can result in temporary diffuse thinning. However I made an appointment with an dermatologist in January and my questions are
1. What stage of the Norwood scala applies to me right now. Norwood 3? Norwood 2?
2. Because I live in Germany and I am german Finasterid is not easily available here. You only get it from the Doctor and my question is if I should ask the Doctor for Finasterid and if I should go on treatment now or wait a bit? How bad is it basically^^.
Thanks for your help I really appreciate it.
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