Mature hairline

[fodandahalf]

I don't understand how people can determine the accuracy of statements regarding a little recession at a young age means more balding will happen. My dad receded a little in his early 20s and still has the same amount of hair now he's 47. There's no evidence to say that male pattern baldness is the only cause for maturing hairlines. I have had what people would consider a mature hairline my whole life, it's just what I was born with, it definitely doesn't mean I'm more likely to go bald because it's not correlational with my body's DHT levels or whatever. Look at some examples, i.e. Andrew Lincoln. That hairline suggests to some people that he is in the early stages of balding. However, I've never seen him with a lower hairline. It's just a mature look.

 

[cristi2011]

You're right. There are indeed some dudes who think that anyone who doesn't have a perfectly flat hairline and a 2 inch forehead is balding. I think the reason may be simply ignorance or they are trying to feel better about their condition thinking everyone is going to bald.
Even on this forum, i see people who come with a photo claiming that the person is balding or wearing a wig. Tell them it may not be the case, and they start attacking and mocking you! I think this goes into psychological issues.

 

[abcdefg]

Well if you always had hair like that then obviously its nothing different and its not male pattern baldness if you have not lost any hair. A guy with a Norwood 0 teenage hair line that recedes to a mature hair line very well might be going bald and its arguable that male pattern baldness is what causes that hair loss to begin with. It just depends what you started with and how much you have lost. Everyone has different ideas on it and there are no definitive answers unless you consider a hair loss doctor the definitive answer but even they do not know everything.

 

[bigentries]

Any degree of advanced baldness (except diffuse thinning) started with a mature hairline.

Yes, it can stop there, it can also stop at the NW7 line. When are we supposed to worry about?

And I would say that people here actually underestimate the baldness of certain members in general.
I see more posts in the line of "you can't complain until you hit NW5"

 

[abcdefg]

Yeah I agree. I think a big part of the reluctance for men to start before it gets bad though is the unimpressive treatments we have right now. Propecia being expensive life long prescription changing your hormones for life is a pretty big step to save hair when it could arguably be bad for your health in the long run.
Any hair loss in my opinion is some stage of male pattern baldness whether its noticeable or not. I know men with absolutely no history of male pattern baldness that are completely bald its just totally unpredictable really.

 

[Pyro]

In my opinion, if you just have a receding hairline, but are 100% sure you're not thinning elsewhere, then there's still the possibility you might not be balding.

I had a receding hairline for ages, but thick as f**k hair eveywhere else, and i never, not once regarded myself as having male pattern baldness. I just grew it long anyway so nobody even seen my hairline. It's only when I was in the shower and all of a sudden i notice i had a handful of hair in my hands, did i regard myself as balding. I must have had the receding hairline for aslong as I remember before that started happening. Anyway, so that started 3-4 years ago. It now looks pretty diffused all over, but with the same receding hairline i always had. . So lets say my hair didn't decide to start diffusing all of a sudden,over the top and crown, then in theory my hair would still look exactly the same.

 

[fodandahalf]

I get what you're all saying but I'm 18, with an identical hairline to my 11 year old self. I have pictures and I look abnormal, literally like a small boy with a horseshoe head. But anyway, is a mature hairline definitely male pattern baldness, or has it been proved that completely different factors did or did not cause the change? I do not think the science behind hair loss is advanced enough to determine the actual cause of a matue hairline.

 

[fodandahalf]

I get what you're all saying but I'm 18, with an identical hairline to my 11 year old self. I have pictures and I look abnormal, literally like a small boy with a horseshoe head. But anyway, is a mature hairline definitely male pattern baldness, or has it been proved that completely different factors did or did not cause the change? I do not think the science behind hair loss is advanced enough to determine the actual cause of a matue hairline.

 

[Oknow]

Mature hairline:

Age 20 - straight hairline.

Age 30:

His Hairloss is stable, yet a pronounced V shape (very much like mine), with some loss at the his temple points

You just don't know OP, but generally if hairloss starts very young pre 20s, diffuse thinning, or if you are a high norwood by your early 20s, you are destined to be a NW7. Recession on the other hand can start and then stop for a very long time.

 

[fodandahalf]

Mature hairline:

Age 20 - straight hairline.

Age 30:

His Hairloss is stable, yet a pronounced V shape (very much like mine), with some loss at the his temple points

You just don't know OP, but generally if hairloss starts very young pre 20s, diffuse thinning, or if you are a high norwood by your early 20s, you are destined to be a NW7. Recession on the other hand can start and then stop for a very long time.

But is a mature hairline really a sign of male pattern baldness? That's what I'm saying I am aware that if I were to experience some degree of male pattern baldness at my age then it would probably get worse. Too many people pin a maturing hairline on male pattern baldness though and I do not think it is the case. I doubt that my dad is actually experiencing male pattern baldness, and he receded a little somewhere around my age, then stopped, and hasn't got the tiniest bit worse since.

 

[sandyc]

However, that guy has a low hairline. If the lowest point of his hairline was where his corners are now (which would look fine) and his hair receded the same amount, he wouldn't be able to pull off the same look.