Balding or parting?

[VMRockshow]

I'd say MPB. If you look closely you can see that beyond the parting is thinning as well.

Yea, that's exactly how I started out. I thought I just had a big part compared to others.

JP - You're right about the gene being hard to predict. My dad has thin hair but when he was 30 he had wayyyy thicker hair then I do now at 24 (I'm thinning diffuse). His father (my grandfather) had the same thing as him... I always hoped I end up with that. My mom's side uncle thinned diffuse but at 24 he still had his full hair... same thing with my mom's side grandfather. Supposedly my great grandfather on my Grandmothers side went bald very quick. I read a few places that it typically follows another family members route with time and type.

Someone correct me if i'm wrong but from what I have read this seems like a scenario

If your mom's father is bald then you most likely have the gene. However, you also need the gene that had the androgen receptors in the head that miniaturize the hair from DHT. You could also have a different persons balding pattern. Also you can go bald with or without a bald maternal grandfather. If your dad is bald it shoots up your chance of going bald by a high enough percentage.

[jp1979]

If your dad is bald it shoots up your chance of going bald by a high enough percentage.

If thats true then I might have some hope - my Dad was nowhere near bald even at the age of 65

[Shan]

Bro I had exactly the same problem. It is definitely thinning, catch it early before the parting becomes wider like I did, though mine was mid scalp parting and I had much longer hair.

[jp1979]

Bro I had exactly the same problem. It is definitely thinning, catch it early before the parting becomes wider like I did, though mine was mid scalp parting and I had much longer hair.

Hi Shan, can you show me some pics of your parting back then if possible? How long ago was it and did it progress much since then?

[Shan]

if youre worried, take fin

[drybone]

If thats true then I might have some hope - my Dad was nowhere near bald even at the age of 65

My opinion is you are fine. Your hair is about as thick as it gets. Go see a dermatologist if you want to, but I dont think you have male pattern baldness. Not yet anyways.

[Shan]

Hi Shan, can you show me some pics of your parting back then if possible? How long ago was it and did it progress much since then?

I have a crew cut now so have no recent pictures, but I did what you did and asked other people. Some said thinning and some some said thick hair. Unless you have a bald spot, nobody will notice except you.
I even asked a hair transplant surgeon in India on holiday and even he said my hair was fine.

[jp1979]

I have a crew cut now so have no recent pictures, but I did what you did and asked other people. Some said thinning and some some said thick hair. Unless you have a bald spot, nobody will notice except you.
I even asked a hair transplant surgeon in India on holiday and even he said my hair was fine.

Maybe it is fine then! Did your thinning progress much since you first noticed? Any pics even of your crew cut?

[25 going on 65]

Maybe it is fine then! Did your thinning progress much since you first noticed? Any pics even of your crew cut?

Go see a hair loss specialist man. Do not waste time going back and forth between "maybe is it fine" vs. "maybe it is not." Just trust me on this

If the doctor says he sees no signs of MPB then you can relax.

[Shan]

Maybe it is fine then! Did your thinning progress much since you first noticed? Any pics even of your crew cut?

I was watching the tennis monte carlo final today and a perfect example of a middle part thinning is Raphael Nadal. I have been watching his hair hair for a while now and it is very thin in the middle.