Early Signs of Balding? 24

[andrew198]

So i went to the hair dresser about 4 months ago, my hair was cut far shorter than ever before and for the first time it hit me i may be balding, my hair had clearly receded, its been like that for a while though. Crown does look slightly thin. I went to see a doctor who said it has clearly receded and early signs of thinning up top but overall my hair density is actually still quite high, i then went to get a final opinion from a trichologist who viewed my hair under a microscope and said my scalp was in pretty poor condition, (i'm not big on washing my hair, when i was younger my hair was thicker and curly now it's straighter dry and limp so i tend to leave it unwashed to give it some texture) he said there wasn't any inflammation which is a good sign and if i was balding it was extremely early and he couldn't say if i was at all. he did suggest i take saw saw palmetto tablets which i did for a few days but stopped because of side effects. 4-5 months later my hair has grown, my crown looks fine dry but still wet it looks pretty dodgy compared to rest of scalp. I really cant be bothered paying for another apt with a trichologist so here i am. Included are some of the more damning photos of hair 4 months ago and the hair now dry. I do have some dodgy lines at the back that still show up and also a possible cowlick/baldspot? These aren't always visible but for the purpose of this post i uploaded the worst looking photos, usually under the brightest light

My family are all pretty good with hair, my dad has full head of hair, similar to mine now. his dad did lose hair as he got older but i wouldn't say he was aggressively bald, in photos he looks normal in his 30s-40s. My mums dad has full head of hair and only 1 of my uncles was bald on my dads side but everyone else from either side has full head of hair.

and yes i do understand there are many people on this forum in a much worse situation than me but i still thought i might be able to get some thoughts.