Difference between a 'mature hairline' and early MPB?

[drybone]

A little off the subject, but I would like your opinion on something- or rather tell me I am not crazy

I take pics every so often to see any positive or negative changes. I have been doing this for well over 10 years when my crown started.

This morning when I got out of the shower I noticed something strange so I took pics, not with my normal camera but with my cellphone since it was right there.

I go through shedding cycles because of minox and at times-like a month ago, my crown looked really big. Right now it doesn't look as bad as I guess I am in a regrowth cycle, but it still doesn't explain what I just noticed:

When my hair is wet, like literally right out of the shower, my hairline looks far worse than my crown. Which is not true, it is the complete opposite.
As soon as I towel dry and then blow dry everything flip flops back into reality.

Anyway I took some photos but late for work will upload tonight and
you can tell me if you see the same thing I am seeing.

I know it's not this way all the time esp when I am at the bottom of a sheding cycle, but still found it strange between the diff between wet, drying, and dry.

sorry dude didnt see your post. Yeah, pls post ur pix and lets have a look. I know i look like I have less hair when its wet.

[drybone]

Okay this shows my left side which looks worse than the right - are you sure thats normal? Im not convinced.

if you are 10 years old or older then its perfectly normal. You got a good hairline.

[mpb47]

sorry dude didnt see your post. Yeah, pls post ur pix and lets have a look. I know i look like I have less hair when its wet.

Ok take a look and see if I am crazy or not. To me wet up front looks far worse than crown, even though the opposite is true

First pic is hairline 60 seconds or so out of the shower. Right here it looks pretty bad.

Second pic is of crown 60 seconds or so out of shower. When wet it doesn't look that bad.

Third pic is crown again. It was still wet but drying

Fourth pic is hairline drying basically dry but not yet styled. Once styled it looks like I have even more hair up front.

Five and Six are of crown when dry, but not combed. I was in a hurry and got them too close. Six you can see where it is trying to come down the side a bit. That started about 10 years ago and that is when I went on propecia. It totally fixed that side issue. I have been off of propecia about 6 years now and only recently has it begun to creep down again.

Last photo is crown dry but intentionally uncombed to show crown at it's worse. This is was taken last month with my normal camera. This is what I typically see in the back. Sometimes it looks a bit better,sometimes a bit worse but you get the idea.

What I am saying is when my hair is wet it makes things look far worse in front than in back, when the reality is the complete opposite. Doesn't make sense. Water seems to distort my true norwood (whatever it is) at least that is how it looks to me.

[drybone]

Wow. How old are you? Mid forties you say?

You look young.

Your frontal hairline looks great. Back is a little thin but you can thicken that back up.

Yeah you do have more hair when dry. I always figured everyone was like this.

[mpb47]

Wow. How old are you? Mid forties you say?

You look young.

Your frontal hairline looks great. Back is a little thin but you can thicken that back up.

Yeah you do have more hair when dry. I always figured everyone was like this.

Thanks...pushing 50 actually. I guess what I was saying was that when wet , front looks much worse than back, when it it actually the opposite. When combed and hair sprayed, front looks normal most days, back not as good but still passable 65% of the time. I posted a pic of my front here last year and you can judge for yourself. Just hoping to to avoid my uncle's curse of rapid balding when I turn 50.

BTW...the guy on House M.D. I mentioned in the other thread...I went to school with him starting from 8th or 9th grade. In school both he and his older sister had tons of hair (looked almost like twins) and you'd never think in a million years he would have gone totally bald, or even lost any hair for that matter. His sister was an exception to the rule at my '90210; type of school. Very kind to me even though she was/still is very popular/attractive.

So I was curious what your wife thought of his looks/age. He is the same age as me, pushing 50. I don't think he looks his age on that episode of House, despite being near 50 and totally bald. He has other bit roles playing the ringleader during a home invasion and I think he had a small part in a Ben Aflect movie. I know he is doing a new movie now, but don't know much about it.

[drybone]

He is actually noticeably older than we are. He is 53 pushing 54

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491402/?ref_=tt_cl_t1

[mpb47]

He is actually noticeably older than we are. He is 53 pushing 54

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491402/?ref_=tt_cl_t1

No I did not mean Hugh Laurie. The guy I mean was just in 1 episode of House and it was a small role at that. He plays the drug kingpin. I thought I posted which episode, maybe I didn't . Ok IMDB says it is Season 6, Episode 10 titled "The Down Low"

He is not a celebrity by any means but still glad he is at least getting some work.

[drybone]

Oh ok.

btw my wife was devastated.

[yeahyeahyeah]

Wow. How old are you? Mid forties you say?

You look young.

Your frontal hairline looks great. Back is a little thin but you can thicken that back up.

Yeah you do have more hair when dry. I always figured everyone was like this.

It's because your hair clumps together when it's wet.

[mpb47]

Oh ok.

btw my wife was devastated.

Well just tell her he is not totally bald, just a little spot in the back !

[mpb47]

It's because your hair clumps together when it's wet.

So why does back look almost normal when wet? I don't think I have ever heard anyway say that wet makes their hair look better. Some Docs tell people to wet their hair to see how bad their mpb really is.

[jackroylance]

What sort of signs should you look for regarding crown loss as well? Noticed the other day that at my scalp just to the left hair was a bit thinner and some scalp is visible, even more so when wet?

[mpb47]

What sort of signs should you look for regarding crown loss as well? Noticed the other day that at my scalp just to the left hair was a bit thinner and some scalp is visible, even more so when wet?

I don't know if this is always true but it was in my case:

Check the area where your crown spreads in all directions (whirl). That is where I first noticed it getting thinner.

[jackroylance]

I don't know if this is always true but it was in my case:

Check the area where your crown spreads in all directions (whirl). That is where I first noticed it getting thinner.

So anything to be worried about?

[jackroylance]

Heres another one, to me the density isnt as thick on the left hand side of the crown?