Where should my hairline be? Hair transplant soon

[EffingHairlossx]

I'm very close to getting a hair transplant because my hairline's fucked up, it looks really bad as my forehead/neurocranium is way too tall. So where should my hairline be?

By the way, is this hairline a NW3 or Nw2? I don't know tbh




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I'm hopping on Dutasteride 0,5mg / day instead of (so far) 1mg finasteride/day because this sh*t doesn't work.

 

[BurningCoals]

NW1.5-2 I'd say, NW3 is when the recession goes all the way back to your ears.

 

[EffingHairlossx]

NW1.5-2 I'd say, NW3 is when the recession goes all the way back to your ears.

Holy... Am I really Nw2 max? To me it seems like Nw3 tbh... looks like sh*t

So it seems my forehead is just naturally tall as hell... fml man

 

[BurningCoals]

Holy... Am I really Nw2 max? To me it seems like Nw3 tbh... looks like sh*t

So it seems my forehead is just naturally tall as hell... fml man

Bill Murray in Ghostbusters had an actual NW3:

Yeah I can relate to the hairline looking worse or better. Sometimes I'm like huh my hairline isn't so bad at all, and then other times I catch a glimpse of myself in a distant reflection like a window or something and I look like Vegeta or Murray above and I just want to punch something. Also goes with thinning, sometimes I think I have pretty good density and other times I just look like I have some dead decaying animal on my head uuuurgh. Although you seem to have excellent density so I wouldn't worry about that.

 

[EffingHairlossx]

Bill Murray in Ghostbusters had an actual NW3:
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Yeah I can relate to the hairline looking worse or better. Sometimes I'm like huh my hairline isn't so bad at all, and then other times I catch a glimpse of myself in a distant reflection like a window or something and I look like Vegeta or Murray above and I just want to punch something. Also goes with thinning, sometimes I think I have pretty good density and other times I just look like I have some dead decaying animal on my head uuuurgh. Although you seem to have excellent density so I wouldn't worry about that.

Isn't that a NW4 already? A NW3 is supposed to be like mine, a small "island" or "patch" of hair in the middle of the forelock and the temples completely gone/missing

 

[BurningCoals]

Isn't that a NW4 already? A NW3 is supposed to be like mine, a small "island" or "patch" of hair in the middle of the forelock and the temples completely gone/missing

Nah that's a textbook NW3:

 

[EffingHairlossx]

Nah that's a textbook NW3:
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So basically the difference between the NW3 and NW4 is the lack of vertex hairs?

 

[BurningCoals]

So basically the difference between the NW3 and NW4 is the lack of vertex hairs?

That and that the hairline has receded even further and that the forelock is becoming separated from the midscalp.

 

[EffingHairlossx]

That and that the hairline has receded even further and that the forelock is becoming separated from the midscalp.

So anyway can you tell me how many grafts I'd need to get a NW2 or NW1 square hairline instead of my current shitty oval and recessed temporal points?

 

[EffingHairlossx]

to lower the recession you need like 1300-1400 IMO also DO NOT lower hairline as it is already close to your last wrinkle on your forehead

Shouldn't I get it a little lower? And really, can i make it completely square with 1400 grafts?

 

[EffingHairlossx]

it looks like at most 25cm2 to transplant to me, so yeah 1400 should be more than enough, unless the Doctor will add grafts to your forelock

what would that achieve

 

[BurningCoals]

So anyway can you tell me how many grafts I'd need to get a NW2 or NW1 square hairline instead of my current shitty oval and recessed temporal points?

Lol sorry not an expert in that field, but you seem to have had your question answered

 

[Norwoody]

NW2.5

 

[Will Be an Egg in 5 years]

NW2 specially on the left temple. I know that pics don't truly show how bad it is in real life, believe. So if people say "you're fine" don't worry

 

[Fontaine]

 

[trialAcc]

NW2.5

Cmon that is not NW2.5, he's got a perfectly intact front region with a half an inch to an inch missing in the temples.

Approaching a 2 maybe, but I'd say less because the front is where it should be.

 

[DoctorHouse]

Cmon that is not NW2.5, he's got a perfectly intact front region with a half an inch to an inch missing in the temples.

Approaching a 2 maybe, but I'd say less because the front is where it should be.

Look at hair transplant sites with before and after that label the Norwood of the patient. You will find the OP is beyond a NW2. His temples are receded beyond a NW2. If he is a NW2 by your standards then I would be a NW1 and I was told by multiple hair transplant experts I am beyond a NW1.

 

[Norwoody]

Cmon that is not NW2.5, he's got a perfectly intact front region with a half an inch to an inch missing in the temples.

Approaching a 2 maybe, but I'd say less because the front is where it should be.

NW2 is NOT characterized by a very "notched" rounding temple shape (which OP clearly has, even in the temporal area). To me, his temples are around a NW3, whereas the center is more like a 2, hence I'd say a NW2.5. For the record, I do not really like these scales because the shape of one's hairline can vary drastically between individuals. I actually have a similar pattern of recession to that of OP.