Good story and you know it all already. You caught it early on and hopped on finasteride. You can always add minoxidil later when you feel like you want more. I started the other way around out of lack of knowledge.
You're doing the right thing. Stay on the treatment constantly, take pics, read the success stories and update your post.
Let me tell you bro, you and I have the exact same thing going on. I
ve been on finasteride about 2 years and minoxidil for about 1, and it seems to have stopped my hairloss and my temples have come down again.
My recession were a 100 percent similar to yours, its a bit scary.
My dad is a NW4 so I guess I inherited this sh*t from him, just like u inherited it from
your mothers father.
Jump on meds and u will have a good chance of keeping ur hair for years and years!
My hairloss looked just like yours 3 years ago when I was twenty. I wish I had started sooner, but I was afraid of the sides of finasteride and get over denial. Your progress looks pretty good and i'm sure it will only get better. Hopefully I didn't wait too long to get any decent temple growth.