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Edit: added two new pics later down in the thread.
Alright, some background: 24 years old, hair loss seems to have started about a year ago, but I only noticed back in February. Currently I've got receded temples akin to a NW1-2 (https://imgur.com/a/oydVUzk photos from february). Looking at older photos, I could trace the hair loss back to ~1 year ago, but earlier than that I saw no signs of hair loss. The first undeniable signs were really from last summer. Family history: lots of baldness on dad's side, he was something like a NW3 at 25. On mom's side, hair loss is common but much milder - my grandpa on mom's side showed had somewhat receded temples in his late 20ies (probably a Norwood 1.5 or a Norwood 2), but things progressed very slowly from there: at 40 he had receded temples but thick hair so it looked pretty good, he still has a good amount of hair at 90 today. Looking at older photos of my grandpa and my dad at my age, my condition seems a lot better than my dad's but worse than my grandpa.
Either way - up until recently, I thought my problem was only receded temples, something akin to a Norwood 1-2. I examined my vertex but couldn't see any sign of balding there, which comforted me. However, roughly one month ago, I started finding individual shedded hairs all over the place. I realized that if I ran my hand through my hair, I'd often find one or two hairs in my hand afterwards. Shake my hair over the sink and I'd find more. This made me worried, and I posted a few threads on here. Here is one of them, with pics for comparison:
https://www.gourmetstylewellness.com/intera...is-thinning-at-the-crown.121810/#post-1787649
The shedding has continued since at a uneven pace. Some days I shed a lot, other days I don't. I still didn't know what to make of the shedding, but I thought that since I don't _ONLY_ shed at the crown, I also shed at the sides and the back a bit (although probably a lot less than the crown), maybe this isn't due to male pattern baldness and maybe I'm not slowly developing a bald spot. Maybe it's a sign of stress, for example? Developing a bald spot one year after male pattern baldness ensued seemed a bit much.
But as the shedding has continued, I've grown more and more suspicious. I've taken a lot of pictures of my crown since, but generally they've calmed me down since I only see the scalp where my hair parts. However, today's pics made me question what's really going on. Please look at the pics and help me figure out what's going on, I'll post a few pics from this month! For last month's comparison, go to the thread above. The images are more or less completely chronological, but all of them are from the past few weeks. You see me wearing my hair in a few different ways, combed and parted, sort of messy (like I usually wear it), parted and wet and for the last few pics I parted my hair at the crown intentionally (not like I usually wear it at all, I only did this to really examine if there is any balding going on), and those are the pics that really worry me. Please let me know what you think! Am I suffering from a very aggressive form of male pattern baldness?
EDIT: for the record, i chose pics that shows my hair both when it doesn't look like i'm thinning at all (like m5-m7) and pics that seem to indicate more thinning (m93-m96) to show the whole spectrum, so to speak. but either way i'm aware that this would be the very early stages so it might be hard to tell. i'm very grateful for any response.
Alright, some background: 24 years old, hair loss seems to have started about a year ago, but I only noticed back in February. Currently I've got receded temples akin to a NW1-2 (https://imgur.com/a/oydVUzk photos from february). Looking at older photos, I could trace the hair loss back to ~1 year ago, but earlier than that I saw no signs of hair loss. The first undeniable signs were really from last summer. Family history: lots of baldness on dad's side, he was something like a NW3 at 25. On mom's side, hair loss is common but much milder - my grandpa on mom's side showed had somewhat receded temples in his late 20ies (probably a Norwood 1.5 or a Norwood 2), but things progressed very slowly from there: at 40 he had receded temples but thick hair so it looked pretty good, he still has a good amount of hair at 90 today. Looking at older photos of my grandpa and my dad at my age, my condition seems a lot better than my dad's but worse than my grandpa.
Either way - up until recently, I thought my problem was only receded temples, something akin to a Norwood 1-2. I examined my vertex but couldn't see any sign of balding there, which comforted me. However, roughly one month ago, I started finding individual shedded hairs all over the place. I realized that if I ran my hand through my hair, I'd often find one or two hairs in my hand afterwards. Shake my hair over the sink and I'd find more. This made me worried, and I posted a few threads on here. Here is one of them, with pics for comparison:
https://www.gourmetstylewellness.com/intera...is-thinning-at-the-crown.121810/#post-1787649
The shedding has continued since at a uneven pace. Some days I shed a lot, other days I don't. I still didn't know what to make of the shedding, but I thought that since I don't _ONLY_ shed at the crown, I also shed at the sides and the back a bit (although probably a lot less than the crown), maybe this isn't due to male pattern baldness and maybe I'm not slowly developing a bald spot. Maybe it's a sign of stress, for example? Developing a bald spot one year after male pattern baldness ensued seemed a bit much.
But as the shedding has continued, I've grown more and more suspicious. I've taken a lot of pictures of my crown since, but generally they've calmed me down since I only see the scalp where my hair parts. However, today's pics made me question what's really going on. Please look at the pics and help me figure out what's going on, I'll post a few pics from this month! For last month's comparison, go to the thread above. The images are more or less completely chronological, but all of them are from the past few weeks. You see me wearing my hair in a few different ways, combed and parted, sort of messy (like I usually wear it), parted and wet and for the last few pics I parted my hair at the crown intentionally (not like I usually wear it at all, I only did this to really examine if there is any balding going on), and those are the pics that really worry me. Please let me know what you think! Am I suffering from a very aggressive form of male pattern baldness?
EDIT: for the record, i chose pics that shows my hair both when it doesn't look like i'm thinning at all (like m5-m7) and pics that seem to indicate more thinning (m93-m96) to show the whole spectrum, so to speak. but either way i'm aware that this would be the very early stages so it might be hard to tell. i'm very grateful for any response.
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