Very slow diffusion?

[mark16v]

I've noticed that my mum and dad are a bit diffused, they are mid 50's though, so that's not too bad, my dad will probably have another ten years I'd say, or more!

Saying this, and worrying about my slight diffusion (which isn't as bad) - will I probably follow my mum / dads steps? I've noticed that my dad had similar hair to me! With this in mind, I think I have very slow male pattern baldness - or... maybe lots of people diffuse, and it's a part of ageing, is there a term for this other than male pattern baldness?

Bit paranoid about side effects and shedding, but I'll probably still hit the proscar to help me out, lets hope it doesn't screw me over and make things worse.

best of luck everyone

 

[arjun17]

No, diffusing is male pattern baldness

Lots of men thin out somewhat on top as they age (but NOT on the sides and back). The very fact that the thinning does not extend to the sides and back suggests that it is male pattern baldness . There are two types of diffuse male pattern baldness:
Diffuse Patterned Alopecia (DPA) and Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA).
In men, DPA is quite common with advancing age, while DUPA is extremely rare. DPA involves thinning on top, but the sides and back stay normal. DUPA involves overall thinning including the sides and back, progresses much more rapidly than DPA and people with DUPA end up even worse off than a regular NW7 - simply because they do not even have good quality hair on the sides and back.
DPA is NOT the same as senile alopecia, which is a slight thinning with age that occurs in all people (male pattern baldness prone as well as non-male pattern baldness prone) But this is a very slight, negligible thinning compared to DPA or DUPA. A person with no male pattern baldness will have only slightly less hair at 70 as he had at 17. The age-related loss is very mild and usually not noticeable. But since DPA is so common especially in older people, many people mistake it as age-related thinning. And it slows down with age, so the later it starts, the less hair you will lose.
My dad has a little DPA, but can still achieve 100% coverage. And considering that his dad also lost only a little hair until he passed away at 78, he ain't going to get much worse than he is now. And I know that I am likely to go down that same road. Its both bad and good - bad because I will not be able to keep all of the hair on top, but good because I will be able to keep most of it. Unless the genes from Mom's side unexpectedly kick in ; (
Cheers,
Arjun

 

[misterium]

Propecia.

 

[chewbaca]

I've noticed that my mum and dad are a bit diffused, they are mid 50's though, so that's not too bad, my dad will probably have another ten years I'd say, or more!

Saying this, and worrying about my slight diffusion (which isn't as bad) - will I probably follow my mum / dads steps? I've noticed that my dad had similar hair to me! With this in mind, I think I have very slow male pattern baldness - or... maybe lots of people diffuse, and it's a part of ageing, is there a term for this other than male pattern baldness?

Bit paranoid about side effects and shedding, but I'll probably still hit the proscar to help me out, lets hope it doesn't screw me over and make things worse.

best of luck everyone

I having the same pattern as u....i think diffusers are the ones with father's inheritance and mums with no male pattern baldness gene. basically the father contributes the genes for the rate of DHT level and other factors but because recent research says that mum's inheritance is the most important factor, u need be worry about mum's side..

I strongly speculate diffusers are the above case

 

[Solo]

I have diffuse loss in almost every zone of my hair, except hairline, back and the side zone of the top. I have thinning hair above ears, lower back (near the neck), in the sides where they meet the top, crown and next to it, and middle of the top.

Not very dramatical, though, and if I let my hair grow to a certain lenght it gets somehow covered, except in the crown.

But, as I don´t have good density, my hair doesn´t look good when it´s long. It´s hard to explain, but it looks kind of flat and graceless.

I have this kind of hair since I was eighteen, before, I have more dense and brighter hair.

My mom and his father have this kind of hair, unless my mom has more dense hair, but still some thinning patches like me.

I´ve been looking different explanations for this, but I´m pretty sure it´s some form of male pattern baldness becouse I shed hairs of different diameters, and as I understand, thinning hairs is a irrefutable sign of follicle miniaturization---> male pattern baldness.

Also, I seem to be responding to antiandrogens ( finasteride, month 7), not dramatical, though, but some thickening so I guess this is the final proof.

I noticed that many many guys with male pattern baldness also thin in non male pattern baldness zones, so maybe this is not as strange as it would seem.

 

[chewbaca]

I have diffuse loss in almost every zone of my hair, except hairline, back and the side zone of the top. I have thinning hair above ears, lower back (near the neck), in the sides where they meet the top, crown and next to it, and middle of the top.

Not very dramatical, though, and if I let my hair grow to a certain lenght it gets somehow covered, except in the crown.

But, as I don´t have good density, my hair doesn´t look good when it´s long. It´s hard to explain, but it looks kind of flat and graceless.

I have this kind of hair since I was eighteen, before, I have more dense and brighter hair.

My mom and his father have this kind of hair, unless my mom has more dense hair, but still some thinning patches like me.

I´ve been looking different explanations for this, but I´m pretty sure it´s some form of male pattern baldness becouse I shed hairs of different diameters, and as I understand, thinning hairs is a irrefutable sign of follicle miniaturization---> male pattern baldness.

Also, I seem to be responding to antiandrogens ( finasteride, month 7), not dramatical, though, but some thickening so I guess this is the final proof.

I noticed that many many guys with male pattern baldness also thin in non male pattern baldness zones, so maybe this is not as strange as it would seem.

I do not have thinning in non male pattern baldness zones....In vertex yes.....hairline slight thinning and density slightly gone....I guess the hairline has some bit of permanent loss and most of it is attributed to thinning....The rest of my hair are as thick