How bad is it, and how should I wear my hair?

[bonitis]

I've decided it's impossible to objectively assess my own hairline. Sometimes I think it look fine, little more than the slightly receded "mature" hairline most men get. Sometimes I think it looks severe, showing off a very broad, rounded forehead that frames my face poorly. So maybe you all can give me a better opinion. How bad is my hairline/what Norwood would you put it at? Here are pictures from all angles with the hair wet and combed back to expose the temples. I'm 26 years old.

http://imgur.com/a/AgkvG

With that in mind, how would you suggest I wear my hair? Personally I think it looks best buzzed, but no one I know agrees. Right now I have it long and go back and forth between thinking it looks best draped over the temples to hide the hairline, or combed back to own it. In this album I have pictures of it buzzed and draped over my temples. Unfortunately I don't have any of it combed back, but there was kind of one in the hairline album.

http://imgur.com/a/yTJND

I know this is a lot to ask of complete strangers, but I'd really appreciate any advice.

As a P.S., would you suggest any treatment at this stage, and if so what?

Thank you.

[k9gatton]

Your friends/coworkers are probably right. It looks receded from the first picture.


That said, it looks like a decent hairline picture from the sides, just not the top. And sometimes
a single lens exaggerates things we won't see with our eyes.


Ask a female. But in general, if they say it looks bad, you probably shouldn't do it (since
you said they already say this).