I Think I'm Receding At 20, Am I Right Or Just Being Paranoid?

[CallumB]

Hello everyone. I've noticed hairline recession for about 2 years now, but was never really sure it was male pattern baldness, I just thought it was a maturing hairline. My barber always says my hair is really thick, so it's never really bothered me until now, my dad isn't bald either. I've had a little hole in the middle of my hairline for about 2 and a half years now, and it seems to be getting worse. In pictures of me you can blatantly see it. This is my main concern. My sides are also receding slightly, but my biggest fear is the middle of my hairline, you can't hide it. I've recently bought Kirkland Minoxidil, should I start using it? Will it help me? I'd rather not use finasteride/propecia right now. I'm 20 by the way. Here's some pics of my hairline now, and 1 pic of my hair back in 2014 when I was 17.

 

[TimPro9976]

Looks fine . No receding what so ever

 

[Runninghair]

Temples are thinning a little and hairline a little thin too. At 20 id say you have started to lose hair a bit yes

 

[BaldyBalderBald]

I assume the last pic is when you were 17, on that one perfect hairline, now you seem to have lost some hair on your temples, slight hairloss

 

[CallumB]

Yes the last pic is me when I was 17. And to me it looks more than a slight recession, most of my hairline is thinning badly, it shouldn't look like that. I can see where my hairline used to be, theirs a few wispy hairs where it used to be. I've heard that if the middle hairline is thinning/receding then the hair loss will be aggressive - is this true?

 

[BaldyBalderBald]

Yes the last pic is me when I was 17. And to me it looks more than a slight recession, most of my hairline is thinning badly, it shouldn't look like that. I've heard that if the middle hairline is thinning/receding then the hair loss will be aggressive - is this true?

I don't know for sure about that, this is a case by case deal with Androgenetic Alopecia, mine was agressive from the start and it attacked temples right away

 

[CopeForLife]

yes you are

 

[Baldingat188]

Yea but your hairloss isn't bad at all.

I would look at your family history and make an appointment with a dermatologist and start taking propecia. The prospects are very good for you since you hairloss is very minimal

 

[Alpha Tortoise]

My hairline looks fairly similar, with the middle part. I've noticed there's a tuft of protruding hair that grows sideways on my hairline and there's a little spot where it grows out compared to the rest of the hairline, i've noticed it in other people as well. It's probably genetic though i'm not too sure

 

[CallumB]

Well I have Minoxidil so should I just use that rather than Propecia? I've heard there's bad side effects with it. If I were to use Propecia, would it regrow my hairline or just stop the hair loss?