Just wondering what Norwood I am

[winnyblues]

Hi there,
I'm 23 year old male who recently realized I'm suffering from male pattern baldness. Thing is no one from my mothers side (she has 7 siblings) is bald, my dad (52) still has full amount of hair, although my mum suffers from diffused thinning and has so for the past 15+ years. I have 5 male cousins from my mums side, and I do have 1 completely bald cousin (33 years old), so realistically the baldness gene or whatever comes from my mother side because no one else from my dads side is bald at all. I have a brother (20), who has normal hair, I should of realised when I was about 20 that I was receding/balding because I had a receding hairline during school (17 yo), and it has progressively slowly receded. I do also have thinning hair so this really has made me feel ****.

I was just wondering what Norwood I am. I have started taking Minoxidil (1 and a half months), and Finasteride (last 4 days), and have already started seeing small hairs grow on my hairline so I'm optimistic about things. Realistically I would be happy to maintain whatever hair I have, cause its not like I've massively receded and started going bald but at 23 just feels **** in the prime of my life having to worry about hair but I guess everyone on this forum is on the same boat. Anyway my hair loss only really got noticeable at the beginning of this year when I went in to get a haircut and the hairdresser mentioned something, but I disregarded it because I was depressed and wasn't really thinking about hair, but I recently shaved my head to the skin (I do look decent with a shaved head), and noticed that I do have a progressively receding hairline so yeah.. depressing.

The first picture is when I was 19 or 20, so as you can see from the 2nd photo compared to the first my hair has receded a bit, I think I'm a NW2 atm but yeah let me know what you guys think.

 

[winnyblues]

Norwood 1. You're welcome.

You reckon???? everyone i talk to says my hair LOOKS completel ynormal but i feel like my hair has receded a bit and since I have a naturally big forehead My forehead is getting bigger lol. Btw Fred I've been keeping up with your thread and I think you are a great poster on these forums

 

[hairyhenry]

Norwood 2 fo sho

 

[Justarandomname]

You look around a NW2. If it makes you feel any better, I'm 15 and have a worse hairline so I guess the prime of my life is already ****ed. Good luck with finasteride and minoxidil mate!

Also, if you get diffuse thinning or a bald patch , look up about hair concealers. Since you have black hair, they're easy to find. $26 for around 75 uses isn't a bad buy.

 

[winnyblues]

Can things get better if I stay on Minoxidil and Finasteride at NW2? Ive been reading extensively through these forums (my doctor doesnt know sweet f*ck all about hairloss, he had to search up what finasteride was when I asked for a prescription lol), I just hope to maintain what I have I'd be stoked.

 

[hellouser]

Oh cool, another NW1 thinking he's got a problem.

 

[winnyblues]

Oh cool, another NW1 thinking he's got a problem.

cmon mate I'm not trying to make ti seem like its the worst thing on earth! this thing has been killing me and **** me I feel extremely bad for you guys who have it worst than me cause I don't know what I'd do at your guys level of hairloss. I'm already battling depression, I just want positive feedback >.<

 

[hairyhenry]

Your hair is not bad off. Really you're looking at the hope of maintaining what you have with finasteride/min. It's possible to get some regrowth, but it really depends on the person. minoxidil did nothing for me.

 

[resu]

Mature hairline at worst.

 

[hellouser]

cmon mate I'm not trying to make ti seem like its the worst thing on earth! this thing has been killing me and **** me I feel extremely bad for you guys who have it worst than me cause I don't know what I'd do at your guys level of hairloss. I'm already battling depression, I just want positive feedback >.<

You don't have any hair loss. There you have it, depression GONE. Now go live your NW1 life. If you had actual hair loss you'd have jumped off a bridge a long time ago.

 

[winnyblues]

Mature hairline at worst.

so are you basically saying theres no point for me to use finasteride and minoxidil?

 

[hellouser]

so are you basically saying theres no point for me to use finasteride and minoxidil?

YOU DONT HAVE HAIR LOSS.

Jesus christ.

 

[Wolf Pack]

You look like your 10 years of age in the first pic!

 

[massa]

Definite a nw6

 

[hellouser]

Definite a nw6

Yeah man, in a couple years he's going to be an NW7.

 

[winnyblues]

but my hair has been seriously thinning all over my head! its not just the receding hairline.. isn't thinning hair a sign of baldness? I mean you can see my scalp in bright enough light or in sunlight even when my hair isn't wet. isn't that a really obvious sign that you are balding if you are thinning everywhere?

Also my hair used to grow fast. It doesnt' even grow anymore..

 

[Agustin Araujo]

but my hair has been seriously thinning all over my head! its not just the receding hairline.. isn't thinning hair a sign of baldness? I mean you can see my scalp in bright enough light or in sunlight even when my hair isn't wet. isn't that a really obvious sign that you are balding if you are thinning everywhere?

If that's the case, get on Finasteride and Minoxidil. I looked at your pics and I don't see any hair loss. However, if you really do, get on treatments and don't style your hair with a brush if you're worried about combing yourself bald.

 

[hellouser]

but my hair has been seriously thinning all over my head! its not just the receding hairline.. isn't thinning hair a sign of baldness? I mean you can see my scalp in bright enough light or in sunlight even when my hair isn't wet. isn't that a really obvious sign that you are balding if you are thinning everywhere?

Also my hair used to grow fast. It doesnt' even grow anymore..

Really? What's all that hair on your head doing there then?

 

[winnyblues]

If that's the case, get on Finasteride and Minoxidil. I looked at your pics and I don't see any hair loss. However, if you really do, get on treatments and don't style your hair with a brush if you're worried about combing yourself bald.

This is my hair longer
as you can see you can see into my scalp

and yes I UNDERSTAND that my hair loss isnt as bad as the LARGE majority of the people on this forum, but I thought this was a forum for hairloss so I thought I could ask questions without getting criticized ffs

 

[Agustin Araujo]

This is my hair longer
as you can see you can see into my scalpView attachment 29691

and yes I UNDERSTAND that my hair loss isnt as bad as the LARGE majority of the people on this forum, but I thought this was a forum for hairloss so I thought I could ask questions without getting criticized ffs

Sorry that it's been rough for you. In the pic you posted, now I can see your hair loss while your other previous ones I couldn't. Definitely get on treatments and see if you get results. Hope all goes well.