How am I on the Norwood scale? [pictures]

[cocojambo]

Yes, way to go cocojambo.

Definitely meet with a hair transplant surgeon and get checked for Male Pattern Baldness. Hopefully you don't have it. If you do, then find out if you can get on Finasteride at 16, yes it's pushing at that age, though you should be fine like most who get on the medication at that age.

Balding can start at 14/15 years of age, it can start as early as age 12 in humans from what science has proven.

I'm hoping that I'm not suffering from male pattern baldness but the hair falling in such big amounts in the shower and the presence of white(miniaturizing?) hair around some parts of the hairline is kinda discouraging me.

I'm not afraid of the side effects from finasteride as a 16 years old as I'm afraid of it stunting development during puberty.

 

[Saurabhaj]

Please do buzz cut,you will clearly know more about your hairloss by this.

 

[cocojambo]

Please do buzz cut,you will clearly know more about your hairloss by this.

I was actually going for a medium-messy hairstyle,I'm afraid I wouldn't want to go to highschool with a buzzcut,as I dont know how it will look,and hopefully a consultation with a hair transplant doctor will be enough to find more about my hairloss (or lack thereof).

 

[centurie]

Dude you are not losing your hair. Don't bother with any treatments as of yet just keep a photo log every 6 months or so, if you notice change in your hair when your 18 then give propecia a shot. I doubt you will though your hair seems perfectly normal. Good luck

 

[lkm370]

My dad is a NW1 at 40 years old...but my entire family kinda is NW1 so yeah...

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What's also concerning to me is that on my temples i got some white,short hair,isn't that miniaturizing hair,a sign of male pattern baldness?

That's normal. I dont think your balding. Of course with age, your hair will lose some density but yours looks fine

 

[cocojambo]

Just got out of the shower, I just shed at least 150 hairs(I say at least because I got bored of counting them after a while) ,I didn't go to a doctor yet but now I'm pretty sure I'm balding,I mean seriously,who loses 150 hairs in the shower and isn't balding?

 

[Agustin Araujo]

Like I previously posted cocojambo, it's best to see a hair transplant surgeon and find out for sure 100% why hair keeps falling out out.

 

[bluemoon1212]

NW2 with diffuse thinning. Good luck buddy.

 

[GoldenMane]

he's not NW2.

 

[Deeterr]

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[DontWant2BeBald]

Thanks nicafella!

Agustin,I've been using minoxidil for about 1 week,I wish with passion that I could start finasteride but I'm only 16 years old,what would you advise me to do?

I started finasteride at 16 and dutasteride at 17, dropped dutasteride cuz wanted to have stronger erections again and now on finasteride and Im fine. Still 17 btw

 

[jksl]

That's NW2 and the slight thinning at the sides of your frontal hairline show that it's moving higher. If you can, start treatment now

 

[HarveyBirdman]

Hey guys, is there a way I can upload pics and check if I'm balding or not? I'm sorry I'm a newb.

 

[cocojambo]

Update here.

I went to hair transplant surgeon and well...I didn't got any closer to treating or even confirming that i have male pattern baldness.
He briefly looked through my hair and said he observed that I have thin hair(I ,more or less,have always had thinner hair) and said that even if I dont have any family members suffering from male pattern baldness a gene could've passed to me through a great-great ancestor.

He remarked to me that I'm too young to start any serious medication (finasteride,MIN) and told me to stop using minoxidil (have been using it for about a month on the front hairline with possibly great results (got small,visible hairs very much under my hairline,in a NW1 pattern but I'm pretty sure they're just facial hairs that got boosted from minoxidil as results that good in one month are probably impossible)). After hearing about my history of vitamin D3,calcium and some other vitamin deficiencies he proscribed me calcium,D3,minerals :Zn,Sn,Cu and keratin enhancers,he told me to stop using min and start taking these and to meet again in 3 months to see how the situation has evolved.

I'm hesitant to stop using minoxidil,it's possible that maybe I don't have male pattern baldness and that the hairloss is indeed from these vitamin deficiencies (also I lost about 10kgs in 2 months with a very bad diet about one year ago so that could have started all this) but it's more probable that I do have male pattern baldness and I'd just waste time and possibly hair by stopping using minxodil,so,what do you guys think I should do?