Hey this is my first post so not really sure if I put this in the right section but any help would be great thanks. I am a 20 yr old male and I have been losing a lot of hair on my hairline recently. Around one year ago my hairline was receded slightly at the temples (not very much) but it looked like a mature hairline and I really liked how it looked. I also had an extremely thick head of hair. Recently in the past 6 months my hairline has receded a ton more at the temples and now the hair in the center of my hairline is thinning drastically and my hair seems to be thinning all over the top of my scalp. I'm not noticing any additional thinning on my vertex vs the rest of the top of my scalp though. What is strange to me is the fact that I'm balding in general already and why it is occurring in this fashion. My Dad is balding but did not start to until he was around 40 and he began losing hair on the vertex first. Both his brothers are not even balding and are in their 50s. My brother (22) is not balding at all and my younger brother (18) still has a kids hairline and isnt balding at all. Also everyone on my mom's side of the family has full heads of hair. I just dont understand why I am losing my hair already. Did I just get some genes from way down in the family line I am unaware of? Also I thought during male pattern baldness hairs fall out then new weaker hairs grow back in until they stop growing back. My thick hairs instead of falling out are just becoming weak and very curly/fringy and start shrinking and then eventually fall out when they are extremely tiny and thin/curly. I haven't really noticed an increase in hair shed such as hair in the shower because these hairs become almost nonexistent before they fall out. Is this a normal form of balding? Does this definitely sound like male pattern baldness? I really just don't understand why this is happening and it is extremely frustrating. This hair loss is making me extremely depressed so any help would be great thanks.
Regarding my health: Also I have had a fluctuating high blood pressure and also pretty bad health anxiety. I also have like no body hair or facial hair which I thought body hair and balding were correlated, but apparently not.
Also I started using rogaine a little over a month ago and my loss since then has increased a good amount. Could this mean it is working and the hairs will grow back stronger? It seems like I am continuing to lose more and more though and things are seeming hopeless.
Also I have been getting all these red bumps on my scalp I end up itching and it looks like red sore spots on my scalp. I am not sure if this is part of male pattern baldness or what this is.
Regarding my health: Also I have had a fluctuating high blood pressure and also pretty bad health anxiety. I also have like no body hair or facial hair which I thought body hair and balding were correlated, but apparently not.
Also I started using rogaine a little over a month ago and my loss since then has increased a good amount. Could this mean it is working and the hairs will grow back stronger? It seems like I am continuing to lose more and more though and things are seeming hopeless.
Also I have been getting all these red bumps on my scalp I end up itching and it looks like red sore spots on my scalp. I am not sure if this is part of male pattern baldness or what this is.
