Mature hairline or MPB?

Seems like a mature hairline but who really knows. I had my father NW 0 at age 18 and then I started to receded at age 20. You won't know till later on. If I was in your shoes, I will start using FIN and nizoral. Rogaine on hairlines do not work for shit.

Based on your family history, etc, I wouldn't in haste go on medication. Most men don't retain their juvenile hairline, and nothing about the case you presented suggests you will deviate from your father and develop nasty baldness. Do go consult with a Doctor about the concern and, more importantly, monitor consistently the progress of the recession and any other problems that may come about. The good thing about monitoring it is, if the recession becomes severe enough, Finasteride can really do the best job at recovering some hair loss that just occurred if there are still hairs that haven't transitioned to the see-through vellus hairs.

Post a photo of your hairline right now at age 18.

Dude that looks like a mature hairline, however you should keep an eye on it. If you recede further consider treatment. But from what i can tell you just have a high mature hairline. Its just a bit higher than your fathers but thats just genetics.

I just read about miniaturization, and my hair is short so I couldn't really tell if I had any. So, I cut some hair off my left hairline and cut some from the top of my head, and the hair from my left hairline is definitely a little thinner.

Is this a cause for concern? If so, I'm thinking of getting on some meds, either finasterside or prop. What do you guys think?

You can go to a hair transplant office, to take a hair dx test( i think that's what its called) they do a test your hair if its being affected by dht. Your hairline is so similar to your dads and that's why i wouldn't jump right away on treatment. So find out because finasteride is a life thing and so is everything with hair. The moment you stop you lose that hair and you certainly don't want to be wondering over the years if you really need them.

Rarely, I will meet a patient with zero hair loss in his immediate family who is thinning. Chances are if your father has decent hair, your mother's father had decent hair, your father's brothers, and your mother's brothers are in good shape, you will not have to deal with baldness. Young guys often panic when they see normal recession. Very few men don't have any recession. The late president Ronald Reagan is an example of a man with no recession.

Just keep an eye on thinning or miniaturization. Our patient today is 39 and has some thinning he is addressing with hair transplants. He told me there is very little hair loss in his family.

When I was 14, my hairline receded a little bit. I panicked. Recession turned out to be the least of my worries because my hair thinned.

We have a patient whose hair thinned dramatically on top and he originally had a low hairline without any recession. He had 3600 grafts to address his thin hair mainly to rebuild a hairline. Dr. Cole placed his new hairline above his existing thinning hairline. The higher hairline looks more natural and our patient shaves his old hairline.

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