Am I balding??

Hey guys, so I know that men my age tend to overreact about PMB, but I feel like my case might not be normal. About a month ago, I noticed that my hair was super thin around the front of my hairline, which really freaked me out until I realized that a lot of people I see around also have that similar situations. So right when I calmed down about that I found that the top of my head (specifically my vertex) is REALLY thin. I asked my parents and some friends and they gave me answers like "it's just the way it's growing" or "that's just where your hair is parting." For a brief background, I'm 18 years old and have had really thick hair for as long as I could remember, the barber would always tell me that I had some of the thickest hair he'd ever seen. As far as family goes, my dad's side of the family for the most part has had a history of full heads of hair while my moms side, while thin and slight cases of recession all have maintained their hair. If someone could please tell me if I'm overreacting or not and if I'm not then what I could do to slow, stop, or maybe even thicken it back up. I know it sounds crazy but this has really put me down lately because my hair is and always has been a huge part of who I am and the thought of losing it just destroys me. On a side note, I haven't had a really severe sickness lately or been stressing out too much. I've also included pictures of my hairline, crown and vertex. Also keep in mind that these pictures were taken just two days after I got a haircut from a relatively long hairstyle if that means anything. Any help is appreciated guys. Thanks -Nathan
http://imgur.com/a/TBdJZ

First off your hair looks good from your pictures. If you feel you are losing ground the best thing to do is see a dermatologist and have them evaluate your hair for loss then they can recommend a plan.

HELLO NathanC !! Welcome to this great forum, The BTT !

Gman3200 gave you very good and fair advice. (good job Gman')

NathanC, because you are only 18 years old right now, you probably only have a maturing hairline.
Your hair does look GOOD!!

Acceptance of a maturing scalp is very important for everyone.
No worries. Yes, see a GOOD dermatologist to understand it all.
Cheers bro!!

Thanks for the response!! I've heard of a maturing hairline, but never a maturing scalp. What exactly is that?

It's both the same thing Nath'.
No worries my friend.
Do the research on Biotin.
It's a vitamin of the B complex.
It has a long history of helping hair!
Check it out.

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Originally Posted by Artista

It's both the same thing Nath'.
No worries my friend.
Do the research on Biotin.
It's a vitamin of the B complex.
It has a long history of helping hair!
Check it out.

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I'll do that. Thanks a lot my friend!! I feel a little bit at ease now. I guess I just needed a second opinion.

I'm so glad that do you have considered what I was saying and that your at ease now!! Again, no worries needed .
Worry and stress WILL cause issues to your hair and eventually to your health....your hair does look good my friend.
Me and Gman3200 would not lie to you about anything here. Stick around with us.

Definitely. Definitely. Shoutout to Gman!!

Your hair isn't balding. You're Norwood zero, and at most (highly unlikely) a Norwood one hairline. But to me the hairline is exactly where it should be. Also, you don't even have temple recession. No baldness/diffuse areas on top.

Hi K9gatton !!
I'm glad you responded to NathanC using commonsense!!
I'm so glad that NathanC is not allowing anything to bother him.
Teenagers don't yet have that foresight available to them yet.
Once they're in their mid to late 20s they will have that proper foresight.
The ability to predict the consequences of their actions...
I always really try to help especially the very young here!!

Your hair is perfect. Lucky you. Take care of hair. Take B vitamins eat healthy don't smoke. Good luck

hey. you just lost some weight of hair. nothing else. dont worry.. I'm sure in past you must have got thick hair

So, it's been about 3-4 months since I posted this thread, maybe I over-reacted, maybe I have a problem. Like I have read and like the generous folks who added to this thread have shown me, it is probably too early to tell if I have a problem or not. Only time will tell if my hair will stay this way or weather it will progressively get worse. The way I have decided to track this is to continually upload to this thread. For both myself and maybe guys who have a similar situation to mine and want to see how this progresses over time. I will NOT be using Propecia, Rogaine, or Minoxidil during my "journey" the only supplement I will be taking is Biotin, shoutout to Artista for the reference. I figured that if it goes, it goes and it would be better to let it do its thing than to desperately cling on to what I have. So I guess this is just an announcement that I'll try to update this thread every few months or so with updates or massive sheds or what have you. Thanks to everyone who sticks around and I apologize to people who might get offended by this (I know there are guys who have it way worse than I do) but as they say: you are either balding or worrying about it. This isn't meant to offend, it's meant to be therapudic for me and informative for some.

As for right now: my hair I would say looks about the same as it did when I posted this thread when I posted this. Though it is a tough comparison due to the fact that it's longer now (no haircuts since then) and Its currently parted differently than it was. Ive come to a self-conclusion that my hair might not be necessarily balding but my hair may just not be as dense as I thought it was. Low density hair + part/cowlick= possible balding appearance. I came to this conclusion when I thuroughly looked through my hair and noticed that I could see some scalp if I pushed it to where it was almost straight at the base and that I haven't noticed a ton of hair shedding, about the same amount every day, very little if any on the pillow and a not too concerning amount in the shower. My main concern area continues to be the crown/vertex area but this could be attributed to just me not being able to see it or not being used to seeing it or something like that. So thats all I have to update as of now. I'll have some pictures uploaded tomorrow after a shower and drying to show it in its current state (a little greasy right now) feel free to post or comment on the progress or if you know something I don't know. Thanks for listening guys,I look forward to update in the future, stay tuned for updates and have a happy new year!!!

Your hair is fine. Minoxidil would be pointless. Biotin is the way to go.

If you're going bald, trust me when I say people WILL tell you. I was being told my hair was receding back when I was 20 years old.

Okay, I know I didn't keep my promise of uploading 2 weeks ago, but I waited for my computer to get fixed before I uploaded this but here is my hair at this point (it is a little greasy, apologies!!)

http://imgur.com/a/ee4ne

So from these pictures, I'm not sure if I am yet, but I feel like I'm definitely on the path of norwooding. This isn't really concerning for me though because I realize that my hairline is about where is normal. My area of concern and reason for my initial freakout was the crown/vertex area that I photographed. It might be fine it might not be. Y'all tell me, I feel like there is just an annoying amount of scalp showing around that area. I welcome all responses and look forward to updating in the future. Thanks for listening!!

Also, sorry for the demonic gaze in the final picture of the album 😂😂