Need some opinions (pics inc)

[Outsider542]

Hey guys, i'm 24, about to turn 25.

About a month ago i decided i would go and get a buzz cut (number 3), it looks great. However two weeks ago, i was looking in the mirror and wondering why my the shape of my hair was a funny shape. As i investigated, i noticed thinning arround my temples on both sides, the left slightly more than the right. The hair that is thinning is loosing its colour slowly and is nowhere near as long or as thick as the rest of the hair on my head. The area that is effected would be a NW2.5, but i'm not sure if thats the correct way of reading the scale, i have a feeling it isn't.

I have history of baldness in my family on both sides of the family. My dad is completely bald and would be a NW6 or 7. He dad started going bald when he was about my age. My mothers brother is also bald, and so is my grandfather from the same side, they are both NW6. However, my grandfather on my dad's side has a full head of hair.

Right Side
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/outsider542/gourmetstylewellness.com/P2260353.jpg
Top
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/outsider542/gourmetstylewellness.com/P2260355.jpg
Left Side
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/outsider542/gourmetstylewellness.com/P2260352.jpg
Top
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/outsider542/gourmetstylewellness.com/P2260339.jpg
Left Side Again
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/outsider542/gourmetstylewellness.com/P2260356.jpg

 

[socks]

You're certainly thinning in the hairline and temple areas.... Maybe even on the vertex (top of head)... But overall you're not in bad shape yet. Looking at the pictures and seeing that you have a family history of hairloss I think Finasteride and Nizoral (shampoo) is a prudent step while things are not bad... Atleast hold onto what you have... That is, unless you dont care

 

[socks]

BTW, while I do not have pictures of my hair when it was doing what your hair is doing now, your pattern is -exactly- the same as mine... Overall looks good to the naked eye with thinning right up the temples (little to no actual recession yet).

 

[Outsider542]

To be honest, i'm not that concerned about going bald, I know i look alright with really short hair. I was more wondering what other thought about the progression. I figure that i wouldn't be able to afford an on going treatment.

What Norwood do you think i am?

 

[socks]

To be honest, i'm not that concerned about going bald, I know i look alright with really short hair. I was more wondering what other thought about the progression. I figure that i wouldn't be able to afford an on going treatment.

What Norwood do you think i am?

Right now a NW1. You seem to be thinning in the NW3 area though. Only time will tell how much it will progress.

 

[kalbo]

To be honest, i'm not that concerned about going bald, I know i look alright with really short hair. I was more wondering what other thought about the progression. I figure that i wouldn't be able to afford an on going treatment.

What Norwood do you think i am?

If I can afford a treatment (full-time student and not working atm), then you certainly can too. Just get on generics (fincar and kirkland minoxidil) and get nizoral from your local pharmacy. That stuff costs me roughly $12/month american.

As for your hair, I would say you're a nw1, but the thinning you got going will lead into nw2+ territory pretty fast. That is, unless you start the treatments. As soon as I saw that I was thinning in a nw3 pattern, I immediately got on the big 3 (applying minoxidil to the temples/hairline). I must say that I'm glad I did it cuz I'm sure I'd be close to a nw2.5 by now had it not been for the treatments (I'm a nw1.5 atm).

Point is, don't hesitate to get on the meds. You don't wanna regret it later on.

 

[bababa]

I'd say get onto finasteride and Nizoral and see how you go in a years time... You have caught it mega early, so your in luck. It might be all you need for a good while to come. But the trick is to attack it early to it doesn't attack you.

Peace...

 

[Outsider542]

I've been searching through old pictures of me, I found some pictures of me back in 2004 and no thinning was apparent then. I have a feeling it might have started at least in the last 12-18 months.

I when i run my hand through my hair i can feel that it is much thinner all the way up to the crown on both sides, but mainly on the left.


Someone in another post was mentioning that when they see their hair in flurecent light it makes it look a lot worse. While i was at work today I took a look to see if it was true, i have to say that it does make it look worse.

Does any one have any tips of taking better pictures, it was hard to get the ones that i've taken so far.

 

[dietcola]

the pics you posted are pretty good for telling your tale in my opinion.

if i were you, i would start finasteride right away, i think it could work well for you in your current situation. also might want to use nizoral shampoo twice a week.

hair treatments can be very cheap, i'm spending about 200 canadian dollars a year for finasteride (proscar cut into 1/4s), rogaine foam (bought on ebay for relatively cheap), and nizoral (15 bucks at any drugstore).

 

[BALD IS BEAUTIFUL]

the pics you posted are pretty good for telling your tale in my opinion.

if i were you, i would start finasteride right away, i think it could work well for you in your current situation. also might want to use nizoral shampoo twice a week.

hair treatments can be very cheap, i'm spending about 200 canadian dollars a year for finasteride (proscar cut into 1/4s), rogaine foam (bought on ebay for relatively cheap), and nizoral (15 bucks at any drugstore).

yeah, listen him.

 

[Outsider542]

I recon I am just being silly, I was reading balding blog, and they were talking about Mature hairlines. Now I don't think i am developing a mature hairline, I think it extends further than the definition of a mature hairline.

From other peoples experience the hair that is thinning out eventually just miniturize till its not visible any more, in effect receeding hairline?

Do you think its odd that one side (i feel) is worse than the other?

 

[MPBWarrior]

I recon I am just being silly, I was reading balding blog, and they were talking about Mature hairlines. Now I don't think i am developing a mature hairline, I think it extends further than the definition of a mature hairline.

more than likely considering your family history. get on finasteride asap.

From other peoples experience the hair that is thinning out eventually just miniturize till its not visible any more, in effect receeding hairline?

yes (from what i understood of that!)

Do you think its odd that one side (i feel) is worse than the other?

no, my left is worse too.

you're in good shape though. it's only your family history that's the problem. get on finasteride. nothing else u do (apart from dutasteride, but i wouldn't say u need that just yet) will come close to maintaining what finasteride will.

 

[Guest]

Omg, I can´t believe what I am reading here. I am away for a few days and then sh*t like that comes up....You didn´t catch your hairloss early. If all that happend in the last 18 months your loss is ultra agressive. It is similiar to mine. You are not only ridicously thin in a Norwood 3 area but you are also balding at the crown and thinning all over your head. I predict that you will be slick bald before you turn 30 if you don´t take action immediately. Get on generic dutasteride (Dutas), Rogaine foam and Nizoral shampoo. Take action now before it is too late. Good Luck mate!

 

[spinner2]

Omg, I can´t believe what I am reading here. I am away for a few days and then $#iT like that comes up....You didn´t catch your hairloss early. If all that happend in the last 18 months your loss is ultra agressive. It is similiar to mine. You are not only ridicously thin in a Norwood 3 area but you are also balding at the crown and thinning all over your head. I predict that you will be slick bald before you turn 30 if you don´t take action immediately. Get on generic dutasteride (Dutas), Rogaine foam and Nizoral shampoo. Take action now before it is too late. Good Luck mate!

I hope you're kidding. The guy is still an nw1. Even girls are thinner in the temple areas, it's nothing weird.

I'd get on finasteride given your family history and slight thinning. If you do that you'll still be an nw1 by the time better treatments come out.

 

[MacAttack]

Omg, I can´t believe what I am reading here. I am away for a few days and then $#iT like that comes up....You didn´t catch your hairloss early. If all that happend in the last 18 months your loss is ultra agressive. It is similiar to mine. You are not only ridicously thin in a Norwood 3 area but you are also balding at the crown and thinning all over your head. I predict that you will be slick bald before you turn 30 if you don´t take action immediately. Get on generic dutasteride (Dutas), Rogaine foam and Nizoral shampoo. Take action now before it is too late. Good Luck mate!

You're fucked in the head buddy...stop spreading ur paranoida on other people.

 

[Guest]

Omg, I can´t believe what I am reading here. I am away for a few days and then $#iT like that comes up....You didn´t catch your hairloss early. If all that happend in the last 18 months your loss is ultra agressive. It is similiar to mine. You are not only ridicously thin in a Norwood 3 area but you are also balding at the crown and thinning all over your head. I predict that you will be slick bald before you turn 30 if you don´t take action immediately. Get on generic dutasteride (Dutas), Rogaine foam and Nizoral shampoo. Take action now before it is too late. Good Luck mate!

You're fucked in the head buddy...stop spreading ur paranoida on other people.

Agree. Taug, I think that you are like others on here in that you are bitter and paranoid about your continuing hair loss and want to make other people paranoid as well. This guy's hairline is almost perfectly intact and yeah he has some thinning but he certainly did catch it early.

 

[socks]

Outsider542 certainly doesnt have bad hair at the moment but he does having thinning in the entire NW3 area and that usually means that, at some point, that area will be lacking hair if you dont do something about it.

Finasteride is cheap. You can buy a years supply at inhousepharmacy if you buy Fincar and cut each pill (one at a time, dont cut all the pills up at the same time) into 1/4ths and take 1/4th a day.

If $70 bucks is too much money for a year supply of meds then I dont know what to tell a guy... That is about as cheap as it gets.

 

[Guest]

I definetly wasn´t trying to make Outsider paranoid because of my advancing hair loss. Why should I? It wouldn´t give me back my hair! I have no desire to make other people feel bad about their hair, I just want them to face the reality. And he was asking for opinions so that´s what he got.

I am not sure whether you read his posts properly. All that thinning happened within the last 12-18 months, so it all just started but his hair already looks very thin. I am not even sure whether he realized that he is thinning at the crown as well since he only talked about a Norwood 2.5 area. His hair is very similiar to mine, just that mine is longer and thinning all over my head. If he continues to bald like that he will be slick bald at the age of 30. You can bet on that. That´s why I said his loss is very agressive and he needs to take action immediately-

 

[klink]

Everyone is different... For this guy I'd research products and see what he's comfortable doing.

 

[barcafan]

An internal Inhibitor is what you need. Get on finasteride and you probably wont have to worry about hairloss for a while.... If it doesnt work then theres always dutas