What Norwood am I(NEW PICS 8/29)?

nervx

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i thought diffuse only happened to people with medical problems and that diffuse was different from male pattern baldness? i've heard conflicting things ab out that.

No diffuse is male pattern baldness. Now if your hair was thinning out in small spots or falling out in junks then your have a medical problem.

and if i stick with finasteride and nizoral do you think my hair is going to stay this way for awhile? maybe a dumb question.

If you respond to the finasteride it should at the very least slow down your male pattern baldness.

and what do you mean by nw2 sides? is that the temples or the sides of my head? I thought that my hair on sides and back doesn't fall out with male pattern baldness? haha i'm kinda confused.

Yeah i mean temples. sides is just easier to type. :p

and can you recommend a good photo journal site for me?

i just take pics, date them and stick them in folders on my pc.
 

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1.5 on the temples with some diffuse loss.

You are not too far gone. Look around and decide on an appropriate regimen.
 

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it's real good you're starting now, I was probably where you are 1.5 years ago and now I'm a norwood 2, 2.5(on my right side) and I'm in a rush to pick up the pieces
 
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coolerking said:
it's real good you're starting now, I was probably where you are 1.5 years ago and now I'm a norwood 2, 2.5(on my right side) and I'm in a rush to pick up the pieces

when did you start treatment? what treatments?
 
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nervx said:
i thought diffuse only happened to people with medical problems and that diffuse was different from male pattern baldness? i've heard conflicting things ab out that.

No diffuse is male pattern baldness. Now if your hair was thinning out in small spots or falling out in junks then your have a medical problem.

[quote:dd03a]and if i stick with finasteride and nizoral do you think my hair is going to stay this way for awhile? maybe a dumb question.

If you respond to the finasteride it should at the very least slow down your male pattern baldness.

and what do you mean by nw2 sides? is that the temples or the sides of my head? I thought that my hair on sides and back doesn't fall out with male pattern baldness? haha i'm kinda confused.

Yeah i mean temples. sides is just easier to type. :p

and can you recommend a good photo journal site for me?

i just take pics, date them and stick them in folders on my pc.[/quote:dd03a]

Thanks nerv this is great advice
 
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New pics from two nights ago

Crossposted from tell your story since I forgot about this thread:

New pics as of an hour ago, after roughly a month on 1.25 mg Proscar and nizoral

Hair worn forward:



Holding my hair:





Temple?:



Messed up hair in different directions:








So my hair looks great in the first pic with it worn forward and it looks really bad in the pics in which im holding it or messed up in all different directions. I think my is naturally grown forward so it's hard for me to tell the extent of my baldness. it also frustrates me how much the degree of baldness can seem to vary from hairstyle to hairstyle and picture to picture.

what do you guys think of my situation and what do you think the state of my temples are from that temple pic?

thanks.
 

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I think your hair is good man...
You have naturally wavy..curly hair..seems like..


#1 solution is to stress less

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New pics today - 8/29

Here are new pics that i took. i have about 25 all told, half wet, half dry.

I switched to dutasteride last week and I've been on it for a week, 0.5 mg every day. Before that I was on finasteride 1.25 mg every day. I also use Nizoral 1% every 3 days.

What do you guys think of my hair situation now? Does it look the same, better, worse?

For comparison, here is a pic of me from a few weeks ago, with hair forward:



You can compare it to this new pic I just took:



I don't think I can even tell that I'm balding in the pic directly above. Can you?


What would you say my Norwood is? And should I just continue on the nizoral and dutasteride or do you think I shouold add something else? Please be honest. Thanks

Here are the pics. First dry then wet:

Dry pics:

Hairline dry(1):


Hairline dry(2):


Left temple dry:


Right temple dry:


Back of head pic dry(bad quality):


Frontal overhead view dry(1):


Frontal overhead view dry(2):


Frontal overhead view dry(3):


Frontal overhead view dry(4):


Side view dry(1):


Side view dry(2):



Wet pics:

Hairline wet:


Frontal view wet wild and crazy hair:


Frontal overhead view spiked wet:


Left temple wet:


Right temple wet(bad quality):


Overhead view wet:


Left frontal view wet:


Frontal overhead view wet:


Hair combed forward wet(1):


Hair combed forward wet(2):


Hair combed forward side view wet:


Hair combed forward frontal overhead view:


Back of head view wet:
 
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hey ibm,

do you think my hair in the front is thinning and that's why it looks weird when i comb it forward and not straight? Like in this pic?




Can you tell that I'm balding in that pic?

My hair is very curly btw and that's why I think it curls in the front.
 
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no honesty is better. i would rather people tell me the real deal on my hair rather than blow sunshine up my ***, because if people are honest then i'll know to add things to my regimen if necessary like spironolactone, etc.

im hoping to regrow some of the front by staying on the dutasteride. how long do you think i can maintain with it?
 

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hey you're getting better at taking pictures! you're still diffuse mixed with some recession and will always be. keep the photo log up and see how things go.

as for the wavey hair on the front i think it's normal when your hair gets longer. my hair does the same. then again im going bald too so who knows....
 
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nervx said:
hey you're getting better at taking pictures! you're still diffuse mixed with some recession and will always be. keep the photo log up and see how things go.

as for the wavey hair on the front i think it's normal when your hair gets longer. my hair does the same. then again im going bald too so who knows....

thanks nervx! that was fast hehe! my hair is naturally curly especially when it's longer.

I have a few q's if you don't mind.

How well do you think the dutasteride will work for me?

Is the diffuse thinning all over the front or is it on the top too?

Is the recession on my temples?

What Norwood would you say I am? I remember you saying I was NW2 on the sides. Do you mean that I have the island formation that NW2s have?

I think I see the island in this pic:

http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pics020lz9.jpg

Although it's hard to tell because I think everyone has a bit of that with their hairline right? or am i wrong. i'm a really bad judge of my own situation.

and finally would you add anything to my dutasteride+nizoral regimen at this point or no?

Thanks.
 

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I dont see any scalp in the snap at the top.
The recession is the main problem and it is covered well by your hair....
You are surely losing hair..no question...but If I met you on the street I wont know that...Ofc that does not mean that you stop taking you treatments :)
 
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hairhaircomeagain said:
I dont see any scalp in the snap at the top.
The recession is the main problem and it is covered well by your hair....
You are surely losing hair..no question...but If I met you on the street I wont know that...Ofc that does not mean that you stop taking you treatments :)

thanks hairhaircomeagain.

would you say i'm nw2 on the hairline with the island formation happening?

im just curious to find out where i am receding. is it the temples or hairline? i don't even know the difference between those i guess because i thought the temples were part of the hairline.

should i add anything to my dutasteride+nizoral regimen now or just stick with that?

thanks.
 

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How well do you think the dutasteride will work for me?

Is the diffuse thinning all over the front or is it on the top too?

Is the recession on my temples?


1 everyone responds differently to the drugs so it's hard to say until you wait it out and see. it's the strongest drug out there though so it should do something. if it doesn't then you might be destined to be bald.

2 diffuse on top, in horseshoe pattern. it's not really noticeable yet if your hair is dry, which is a good thing.

3 yes, although your hairline looks a bit high in some shots so it might have gone up a bit too.
 
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nervx said:
How well do you think the dutasteride will work for me?

Is the diffuse thinning all over the front or is it on the top too?

Is the recession on my temples?


1 everyone responds differently to the drugs so it's hard to say until you wait it out and see. it's the strongest drug out there though so it should do something. if it doesn't then you might be destined to be bald.

2 diffuse on top, in horseshoe pattern. it's not really noticeable yet if your hair is dry, which is a good thing.

3 yes, although your hairline looks a bit high in some shots so it might have gone up a bit too.

thanks nervx.
are you saying that my hairline looks like it's receded since the last pics I took you mean like 3 weeks ago?

that would truly suck since i've been on finasteride or dutasteride for almost 2 months now.

thanks.
 
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