18.5 yrs old/receding/many questions and doubts

[Auditimo]

Hello guys,
right now, I'm 18.5 years old pissed off, rebellious and stubborn, suffering from acne teenager, who seeks for advise and has a pile of questions about lifestyle to be asked and , I hope, answered . Firstly I didn’t care about my appearance at all, but now I can’t pass a mirror without blaming myself like a foolish girl (okay, I exaggerate a bit, I’m not very concerned about it). Highly noticeable, high and large forehead with receded hairline and eye-glasses: looks like I’m following manual how to be invisible to girls.

The hairline maintains the same, so on the bright side at least I'm not suffering from balding at the moment. Of course, it would be fine to have a little bit thicker hair, but if needed, I will accept as it is, remain calm and see as nature take its course and then shave it off.

My thoughts are quite messy thus I divided this topic into questions for purpose of clearness.

• In which Norwood scale am I right now? My top wrinkle is about an inch away from the hairline in the corners, and no more than a third of an inch in the front-center, so I suppose, that I'm at NW2. You‘ll find some photos for your judgement at the bottom of this post.
• Could you give me some Norwood 1.5 examples?
• Is it really worth of worrying having this kind of Norwood and should I REALLY take actions to prevent it?
  It seems I have naturally thin hair. I think I didn’t pass juvenille stage/skipped it moving straight to mature hairline. As long as I remember, I recognise this pattern since birth - my hairline hasn‘t changed a bit and hair kept to be such thin.
• Does regular exercising and lifting weights helps to maintain hair and slightly stops recession?
• What’s the best buzzcut number to start with/try on? (I have heard 3.5 is fine, but I want confirmation)
  Any other hairstyle to suggest which would be suitable for neither thin nor thick hair? Now I keep them unstyled, brush after shower - that’s the only thing I use. I usually slick back my hair.
• Which vitamins are vitally important for not loosing my hair? Any other helpful natural stuff/proper diet?
• Is it possible to thicken my hair using only supplements and no drugs like finasteride or Minoxidil (afraid of side effects, which would damage my body + Propecia wouldn‘t be effective as I skipped juvenille stage)?
• Does Nizoral itself really thicken hair and truly helps fighting against baldness? Will it help to get a little bit of regrowth? Can it hold back the recession? If no, then there‘s no use to use it alone?
• How far my recession may progress?
• What is hair reaction to additional stress?
• How many times is it recommended to wash your hair per week? My hair is horribly greasy, so I have to wash it every day though...
• If you aren’t bored to read yet, can you post some motivating examples that bald men are also handsome

http://s23.postimg.org/d5poo4ei3/Hairline_1.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/74hsleapj/Hairline_2.jpg
http://s23.postimg.org/64a4kw4ff/Hairline_3.jpg
http://s13.postimg.org/jsb7as9if/Hairline_4.jpg
http://s29.postimg.org/do0wxzsnr/Hairline_5.jpg
http://s1.postimg.org/m7a7vu9zj/Hairline_6.jpg
http://s14.postimg.org/ypeuo3byp/Hairline_7.jpg

 

[rogerackroyd]

Sorry to say but that's pretty advanced already since you don't seem to have any temple points left. I would classify that a NW2 or 2.5. And no, it is not possible to thicken the hair without using the proven treatments (finasteride/dutasteride, minoxidil). Even then it's not guaranteed that your hair will thicken (I've been using finasteride for 4 years and dutasteride for one year and the hair keeps thinning) but it's your best bet if you want to save your hair.