Is this balding or mature hairline ?

[Fear21F]

Hello,

I am 21 and I am really feared by alopecia because of my father's side. Indeed, let me introduce my father's side :

- My great-grandfather was bald (I don't know how and when he began, but he was bald according to my father)
- My grandfather began to bald early. I don't know when, but he was something like NW2a/NW3 at age 25. He died with NW6-7.
- My dad began to bald at 18 with massive shed. At my age he had almost reached the NW2a. He is NW5a at 52.
- His brother is bald but he went bald lately. At age 30, I remember he was ok but now

Frightening isn't it ?
On my mother's side, they went bald but lately. My grandfather began around age 50. I don't remember my first uncle (unfortunately he died at 40... but at 30 he was ok) and the second one is something like 35-38 now and is not balding.

So that is my situation. I "don't care" (it would be not a disaster for me) to bald at 30, but I am 21...

PS : sorry for my English, I am French
Here are the pics (on black is my juvenile hairline) :

Left side : http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?i ... ftside.jpg

Right side : http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php? id=163015Rightside.jpg

Overall look (with widow peak) : http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?i ... iwpeak.jpg

Crown (cowlick or balding ?) : http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?i ... 6Crown.jpg

Juvenile hairline : http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?i ... irline.jpg

I have this widow peak since I was born and it has not moved. But you can see the pattern hidden by some hairs on the 2 temples (1 cm/0.4 inch deep compared to my juvenile hairline : I know it because I can see a white patch).

Thanks for replying.

 

[uk100]

your hair looks good to me, it could be a lot worse

 

[Fear21F]

Thanks.
Do you think it is alopecia ?
Maybe I have overestimated my juvenile hairline by seeing my old pic (by judging the position of the corners (the thing in front of ears))

 

[UKguy84]

try checking for miniaturisation, look for smaller, thinner, lighter and just generally weaker hairs mixed in with your hairline, temples and crown.
you may find rows/lines of smaller hairs at the hairline, if you do or your unsure post pics of it maybe.

 

[Fear21F]

Hello,

Actually it is hard to say because I have natural thin hair (even on safe areas) and, as you can see, I used to be blond and have natural light reflects. I think I have some hairs on temples which probably fall to have a symmetric hairline (you can see the pattern on pics). I do not notice other thin hairs but it is hard to say. I do not over-shed hairs (I do not count, but I do not notice unusual hairloss).
On the pics, do I look like a NW2 or more ?
On my crown, I can't say.

I have an appointment with a derm this Saturday, but I hope that he will really check my hair. Because I have oftenly heard that some derm do not check very seriously your scalp.

Thanks

 

[Fear21F]

Yes maybe you're right. Even if my left side looks strong when I pull my hair, the right side looks strange and seems to start to go deeper. I notice it when my hair is dry but strangely not when it is wet.
I go to the derm tomorrow, so we will see...

But I know it is over for me and that my life will go to sh*t...

Thanks everybody

 

[majorsixth]

Originally posted by Fear21F
But I know it is over for me and that my life will go to sh*t...

Like heck is it over for you ! Keep things in perspective. Your hair looks damn pretty good. The loss if any, is minimum.

Wait for the results of the derms appointment, stop freaking your self out.

 

[Fear21F]

Hello guys,

I visited the derm yesterday and he confirmed male pattern baldness (pull test) on temples and a little on crown (oh sh*t...). Even if I knew that I have male pattern baldness, after the official diagnosis, I cried a lot but my mind is OK now. It is too late, but there is no point to plunge into depression.

The derm prescribed me minoxidil 5% and a Shampoo for Seborrhoeic dermatitis.
I tried to convince him to give me Propecia, but I failed (he said : "We ususually prescribe the treatment with less side effects first". Ok guy, but if my hair situation become worse in one year, it would be too late...). I have an appointment with a hair specialist this week. I don't want another diagnosis because it's male pattern baldness, but a prescription for Propecia.

Do people have usually good results by using this combination ? If it stops balding on crown, it would be nice.

 

[Fear21F]

Hello,

I didn't expect that, but my generalist has prescribed me Propecia and Keto 2 % (1% version is not on the french market anymore), which means that I have the Big 3 now.
My regimen is :

- minoxidil 5 % twice a day on frontal hairline and around the swirl
- Propecia 1 mg once a day
- Keto 2 % twice a week
- Brewer's Yeast 3 pills a day
- Magnesium (B6) 2 pills a day

Do you know another vitamin ?