Dont the temples eventually recede on almost everybody?

[asdf1234]

Its not just a male pattern baldness thing right?

 

[BulletFrost]

I read a statistic (probably BS, I don't know) from this balding blog a doctor was writing. It said that something around 95% of white males experience hair loss at some point in their life.

I've seen plenty of people who seem to have a 'Bryan Cranston" kinda hairline, and they have been able to maintain a full head of hair otherwise.

 

[s.a.f]

Yes pretty much everyman on the planet will experience a slight recession of the hairline or temples as they get older. This does'nt mean it will lead to more excessive loss or baldness though.

 

[abcdefg]

I never really understood why some hair loss, because its common, is just accepted even though its still hair loss. I would say any change in your amount of hair even temples is hair loss and is then some form of mild male pattern baldness whether it gets to Norwood 7 or not. Its not possible to predict and it impossible to get that hair back.

 

[fodandahalf]

I never really understood why some hair loss, because its common, is just accepted even though its still hair loss. I would say any change in your amount of hair even temples is hair loss and is then some form of mild male pattern baldness whether it gets to Norwood 7 or not. Its not possible to predict and it impossible to get that hair back.

Whatever you want to call it, that mature hairline look (norwood 2) is more common than a juvenile hairline on adults, so will never be weird/ not accepted to anyone. Even at 18 I don't really like really low "perfect hairlines" because they make people look, well, juvenile. Norwood 2 is a great hairline.

 

[abcdefg]

I never really understood why some hair loss, because its common, is just accepted even though its still hair loss. I would say any change in your amount of hair even temples is hair loss and is then some form of mild male pattern baldness whether it gets to Norwood 7 or not. Its not possible to predict and it impossible to get that hair back.

Whatever you want to call it, that mature hairline look (norwood 2) is more common than a juvenile hairline on adults, so will never be weird/ not accepted to anyone. Even at 18 I don't really like really low "perfect hairlines" because they make people look, well, juvenile. Norwood 2 is a great hairline.

To each his own. I think a juvenile hairline on an adult looks better then a Norwood 2 and a guy with a Norwood 2 still looks partially balding to me at least looks older which is kind of the point of fighting male pattern baldness in the first place I thought.

 

[s.a.f]

[To each his own. I think a juvenile hairline on an adult looks better then a Norwood 2 and a guy with a Norwood 2 still looks partially balding to me at least looks older which is kind of the point of fighting male pattern baldness in the first place I thought.

Baldness and NW2 are nowhere near being the same thing its like comparing a guy who's 5'8 to a 3'6" midget.
Losing a juevenile hairline as an adult is nothing a man who's grown up and starting to get wrinkles, grey hairs and all the other signs of being an adult is not going to care anymore about being a NW2 than about the fact his skin was smoother when he was 12 yrs old.

And a NW2 looks more masculine than a juvenile hairline.

 

[fodandahalf]

Most norwood 2 hairlines look much better than my juvenile hairline; perfectly straight but 4 inch back hairlines on a round head look much worse than any mature hairline.

 

[TheGrayMan2001]

NW0 hairlines usually look kind of silly. Very few guys can pull it off well.

NW1 to NW2.5 hairlines, with thick density, look the best, varying from person to person and how their hair grows and is styled (or buzzed).

To answer the question, though, yes, most guys experience some recession at the hairline, but the non-balding men usually don't see enough to even realize it themselves.

Look at Bill Clinton now vs 20-30 years ago--his hairline has barely receded, if at all, but his hair has thinned a little compared to how thick it once was. He's still got a full head of hair, which is more than a lot of people around here can say though

 

[asdf1234]

do receded temples = adult hairline?

 

[SuprisedGuy]

NW0 hairlines usually look kind of silly. Very few guys can pull it off well.

NW1 to NW2.5 hairlines, with thick density, look the best, varying from person to person and how their hair grows and is styled (or buzzed).

To answer the question, though, yes, most guys experience some recession at the hairline, but the non-balding men usually don't see enough to even realize it themselves.

Look at Bill Clinton now vs 20-30 years ago--his hairline has barely receded, if at all, but his hair has thinned a little compared to how thick it once was. He's still got a full head of hair, which is more than a lot of people around here can say though

Richard Gere is the same, completely white hair and some age-related thinning but full head of hair.

 

[duality8]

I'd say no, not everyone. My dad for example - his hair has thinned slightly but temples have not receeded at all (unlike me!) and he is approaching 60. He is in the minority though, most men have a receeding hairline by that age.

 

[abcdefg]

Its always seemed to me the whole point of hair loss being a bad thing is that it made you look older. So it just seems to me that the less hair loss the better whether its trying to stay Norwood 0 or keep whatever you have. A Norwood 0 in my opinion just makes someone look younger which is the whole point I thought along with whatever other reasons you may have.
Also its pretty subjective call on what is a mature hair line verses hair loss. I mean are the charts right? Are the hair transplant doctors right? Seems pretty ambiguous to me.

 

[asdf1234]

@abcdefg- awesome username... but also.... for me i have hydrocephalus and tons of scars so hairloss would make me look like a freak.

 

[Halom]

Been noticing slight receding lately. My hair is very thick, though, so I can't really understand why it's receding from temples.

I guess the logical first aid would be to just change my hair style abit, but I dont know... Will need to take some real action sooner or later.