26. Male. A Bit Scared. Am I Thinning Or Just Anxious?

[Michelotto]

You guys get posts like this all the time, but it’s why I’m here, so:

I’m 26, and I’ve been vaguely scared about hair loss since I was a teenager but haven’t worried about it majorly.

My dad and his 5 brothers all have thick, full heads of hair, and I’ve always loved my very volumous head of hair. But my mother’s father was bald and he’s the only male member of that family I know.

My hairs have usually grown very quickly and have been many in number, but have also been individually very small and fine. A barber also once told me that I have a “double crown,” IIRC.

I recently got my hair cut and I don’t know if I have cause to be worried or if I’m just being overly anxious and paranoid over nothing (I’ve been generally anxious lately.)

So I have some pictures here that I took over last night and today, showing various parts of my hairline at different angles, and in different states of combing/styling. I have some more, too. In the last few seen here, I was delibarely trying to show as much skin as possible, and pushed the hair away.

I’ve never done this before and I don’t know if I should be taking photos in different areas, or should have different lighting, or what.

I certainly haven’t noticed any hair falling out or anything like that — but my crown is bothering me right now, rightly or wrongly. I don’t know if it’s just the cut or if I have to wait for it to grow a bit more, or if I’m just worrying over nothing.

Thanks in advance, guys.

 

[genetically_cursed]

pictures quality is dog sh*t, but by the looks of it, you are balding

 

[Feelsbadman]

Yep,
Finasteride, 0.5mg a day. Good luck, hope for no sides.

 

[Ritchie]

Thinning, sorry.

 

[Michelotto]

Yep,
Finasteride, 0.5mg a day. Good luck, hope for no sides.

By “no sides” do you mean “no side effects”?

 

[Michelotto]

Damn. Not what I was hoping to hear :/

So, in general, does this look...advanced? Like, is this a situation where I won’t have any hair in a few years? Should I expect my hairline to recede soon or will it just be around my crown first?

 

[Ritchie]

You have plenty of hair so if you want to maintain it just hop on finasteride, and yes @Feelsbadman meant no side effects.

 

[Levi]

You have plenty of hair so if you want to maintain it just hop on finasteride, and yes @Feelsbadman meant no side effects.

At age 25 I lost a little like you. Stayed that way until I was 40 then I lost most since . Don’t worry it’s part of being a man

 

[GreekGod_of_Aesthetics]

For guys in EU (european countries): Is finasteride usually available over the counter, without prescription, or online?