Maturing hairline or balding?

[Melfy1]

I was wondering if I could get the bad news on this. I'm 20 years old and have always had a high hairline although recently I have noticed some difference in the temporal areas of my hairline. Living in the UK I'm not too sure of what to do about it if I do in fact have a receeding hairline. My father is in his mid fiftys and has a high hair line but hasn't particularly gone bald in any extreme manner. I'm just wondering as looking around compared to the other people my age, my hairline is pretty high.
I understand that I'm probably going to lose my hair eventually, but I only just got it the way I like it! So I'd at least like to find a way to keep it for a few more years, if I am in fact losing it.


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[Mark]

I was wondering if I could get the bad news on this. I'm 20 years old and have always had a high hairline although recently I have noticed some difference in the temporal areas of my hairline. Living in the UK I'm not too sure of what to do about it if I do in fact have a receeding hairline. My father is in his mid fiftys and has a high hair line but hasn't particularly gone bald in any extreme manner. I'm just wondering as looking around compared to the other people my age, my hairline is pretty high.
I understand that I'm probably going to lose my hair eventually, but I only just got it the way I like it! So I'd at least like to find a way to keep it for a few more years, if I am in fact losing it.


http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/755/dscf0174.th.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0174.jpg)

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5369/dscf0179.th.jpg (http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0179.jpg)

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6818/dscf0177.th.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0177.jpg)


Hi Melfy!

It's hard to say from the photos, as they're somewhat blurry, but the best way we have to be able to see whether you're balding or whether your hair pattern is natural for you is to do a miniaturization test on yourself and compare the level of miniaturization in the donor area of your scalp to the other areas.

Sorry I can't be more specific.

-Mark

[Kinky Temples]

I'd also look at people from my mom's side, not just my dad, but that's me. My dad's side is..good. You can say I'm the kind of guy who loves his mom but hates her genes. :p

Based on those pics the only MPB I see is in the temples. It is most common there. Almost every man has an M-shaped hairline or some level of recession there because these are the weakest follicles in a grown man. My temple are somewhat receded and kinky, hence my name. :p

[Melfy1]

Cheers for the advice, having long hair doesn't really help, but it's also the reason I haven't noticed the recession considering it's always down over my temples.
I don't have a microscope so I have no real way of doing a miniturisation test, plus living in the UK I don't really know how to approach hair loss to that extent as with the NHS I don't think you can just walk into the doctors and demand a test.
Plus if it is the case I have no quarrels with going bald or anything, it's just I'd like to keep my hairline at least through my twenties, I can't feel any difference in thickness from the hair in the donor area and in the general areas around my scalp, but still for my age the recession in the temples does seem a little unusual although I don't know any ways of approaching getting it checked out.
From what I've seen considering hair loss isn't covered by the NHS, the drugs seem pretty damn pricey too, is this just the odd scam website trying to exploit people's hair loss insecurity? Or are the drugs involved generally expensive?

[Mark]

Cheers for the advice, having long hair doesn't really help, but it's also the reason I haven't noticed the recession considering it's always down over my temples.
I don't have a microscope so I have no real way of doing a miniturisation test, plus living in the UK I don't really know how to approach hair loss to that extent as with the NHS I don't think you can just walk into the doctors and demand a test.
Plus if it is the case I have no quarrels with going bald or anything, it's just I'd like to keep my hairline at least through my twenties, I can't feel any difference in thickness from the hair in the donor area and in the general areas around my scalp, but still for my age the recession in the temples does seem a little unusual although I don't know any ways of approaching getting it checked out.
From what I've seen considering hair loss isn't covered by the NHS, the drugs seem pretty damn pricey too, is this just the odd scam website trying to exploit people's hair loss insecurity? Or are the drugs involved generally expensive?

From what I've seen they're not that espensive, especially if you get generic drugs. Finasteride 5mg and then cut the pills, etc.

-Mark