bald spot starting?

[8868alex]

I just want to say to everyone who has contributed to this thread that it is a pleasure to read these kind of positive and balanced exchanges. All too often I see people arguing and "point scoring" which makes a mockery of the forum somewhat.

Tracey -

We haven't always agreed on issues relating to other posts but I very much respect the time and effort you take with your input and the level of detail you go into. I'm also glad someone has taken Bill Rassman to task as well. I've stop reading Baldingblog. The guy has become egocentric!

[goldbondmafia]

Hey so those 2 pics I posted in my first message of the thread are from October 19, 2011. Since then ive been using a natural method of restoring my hair along with a few other things Tracy C has taught me.

The new pics attached are from today (December 15, 2011) so almost 2 months later. My hair at the front is about 1.75 inches and at the top around 1.25 inches. The earlier pics my hair was a bit longer. So today I showered earlier (used Niz 2% today), tried my hair, and took the three pics directly under the light in the room with flash on my camera. First two pics below my hair is a bit combed over near the back and top (up at the front tho) so for the 3rd one i tried to spike it up at the back more so you could see some division of hair

Look at my first post pics on first page and compare it to the pics below, any difference or thoughts?

[Tracy C]

...any difference or thoughts?

Quite honestly, two months is not really long enough to see anything. The four month mark is about when you would start seeing improvement. However, I do have to say your hair does look better.

[stratofortress]

Looks like you have great, thick hair apart from possible crown thinning. Still very slight. Nizoral can help, but it isn't usually potent enough. Minox could be beneficial, but the benefits may be lost over time unless you use a stronger DHT blocker.

My crown is thinning a bit and I've been on fin just under a month. It should be arresting my loss. My hair used to be as thick as yours, but now it's obviously lost quite a bit of volume/density. I wish I'd noticed, or stopped denying the thinning earlier.

Niz is a very mild DHT blocker, but it likely won't be potent enough. Fin might even be enough to fill in the very minimal crown thinning as the loss is likely recent.

Your recent photos do look better than your older ones. It could be a difference in angle/lighting, not sure.

In light of the new pics, I'm not even 100% you're thinning, but I can see why you're concerned.

[goldbondmafia]

Hey thanks for the two replies SOF and Tracy!

I buzzed my hair to a 3 this morning so i could get a better look at my scalp and such. I also used a different camera this time with no flash as there is a window on the ceiling above where i took the photos so there was some light coming through. So ye these pictures were taken just after i showered and fully dried my hair. You could see my thinning a lot more now obviously but my hair dresser still told me its thickness on the top is similar to the sides but who knows. Now I can also apply the emu oil a lot easier to my scalp more evenly as before it was a problem since i had the longer hair. I find it weird that I am thinning a bit but my hairline seems like a regular mature hairline and not moving back which is good I suppose.

The second last pic kinda creeped me out but i figured my hair would look like that in the light close up, especially cause its so short. Now I will continue to use emu oil as I said and hopefully have some good results in a month or two but i will post pictures Jan 20th regardless. Its weird even though my hair is thinning i dont even feel stressed anymore about it haha!

[lzrhq]

It doesn't seem to be thinning at all. The crown looks normal and overall density is very good... What are you fussing about?

[goldbondmafia]

It doesn't seem to be thinning at all. The crown looks normal and overall density is very good... What are you fussing about?

the second last pic at the bottom of page 5 seems like its thinning to me man , it just doesnt look right

[goldbondmafia]

Tracy do you think the second last pic looks normal ?

[goldbondmafia]

Have some new pics uploaded. In my last set of pics from Dec 20 on page 5 my hair was actually a 2 there (in length) and not a 3. For my pictures from today there is not much sun coming through the window above so the lighting may be a bit off. I basically woke up and took these so there no emu oil on my scalp or anything at all.

Either way I buzzed my hair 4 days ago to a 2 again, 1 on sides, so its easy to compare from last month but as Tracy said it will take 4 months approx to see much improvement so im waiting until April to be sure if anything has occured or not but I will still post monthly pics just to follow it completely.

They basically look the exact same as Dec 20 pics ...

[Tracy C]

Tracy do you think the second last pic looks normal ?

Yes. I don't see any evidence of thinning really. All I see is that you developed a natural and normal mature male hair line.

[carldunford]

These pics were taken about 10-15 mins after i showered but i dried my hair pretty much.

I dont know if I am starting to bald there or what cause i have a mirror that looks behind and above my head and it seems normal but then in pictures under the light it looks bad. what do you guys think? btw if more pics or different pictures are needed let me know. im freaking out!!!!

here are the pics directly under light;

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[clandestine]

Personal opinion? Get the **** off these forums man. Your hair is fine, what are you stressing about?

[StressedToTheBald]

Personal opinion? Get the **** off these forums man. Your hair is fine, what are you stressing about?

I 100% agree clandestine. Plenty of people barely have Norwood 0, let alone Norwood 1 and think they're going bald. What should we say then, with Norwood 4, 5 or even 7..

[goldbondmafia]

Personal opinion? Get the **** off these forums man. Your hair is fine, what are you stressing about?

ye its obviously not as bad as a lot of people on the forums but i see a thin hair thats shedded every once in a while which weirds me out.

Plus in the summer when my hair was longer and id spike it up i would have different areas at the top of my head (mainly middle from front to back) looking thinner and showing scalp.

[goldbondmafia]

Here take a look at the pic i attached, it shows one dying hair and one healthy hair. As I said im not bald or anything just starting to thin and I also had some bloodwork done which showed i have high DHT levels...