New to the forum-Need some opinions

[bhamilton88]

Hi everyone,

Just a quick background of what brought me here. I discovered a scar just below my left temple that is appearing without pushing my hair back. I had a mole removed from this area 8 years ago and never noticed it until now. My girlfriend suggested that maybe my hairline was receding.

So I've been doing my research ever since (a week or so ago). I never thought I'd be talking about balding at 25yrs of age but looking at the forums, it unfortunately looks very common.

Since I'm new to the subject, I would like your guys' opinions. I want to be proactive about this matter. I imagine most guys don't catch it until it's too late.

To note, I've always had an M shape hairline. Maybe before puberty I had a straight cookie cutter hairline but I don't recall. Here are some photos I took last week.

[redy]

I'll keep it simple man, you're definitely receding but you caught it early enough. Your thickness shows that.

Do your research on these drugs before doing anything, also.

If you want to test your luck with propecia (finasteride), that's your best bet. By trying you luck, I mean that statistically you're safe, but there's always a chance that you're the unlucky 1-3% who gets a bad side effect. Most of them will go away, again statistically speaking. Other than that, there is also dutasteride, a stronger version of the former. More risk for sides, or at least assumed. Less studies have been done on this drug for hairloss, but it is most certainly stronger in a statistically significant portion of cases.

Next you should consider the icing on the cake drugs: rogaine (minoxidil) and some variant of nizoral shampoo (keto) (try a 1% first probably, like regenpure DR) and how often you will apply them. The minox probably 1 or 2 a day (2x recommended) and the shampoo twice a week is more than enough, because it really dries out your hair. Your hair looks super thick though, so none of this should be a problem.

Anything else is experimental at this point, and you definitely have the hair to ignore them..

Also, for what it's worth, you seem to have a decent enough hairline to still pull off any look you want, even a buzz look. You probably could style your hair a little differently to minimize any receding appearance completely too. Mine is thinner than yours but a similar texture and it's pretty easy for me to hide my thinning.

[35YrsAfter]

Hi everyone,

Just a quick background of what brought me here. I discovered a scar just below my left temple that is appearing without pushing my hair back. I had a mole removed from this area 8 years ago and never noticed it until now. My girlfriend suggested that maybe my hairline was receding.

So I've been doing my research ever since (a week or so ago). I never thought I'd be talking about balding at 25yrs of age but looking at the forums, it unfortunately looks very common.

Since I'm new to the subject, I would like your guys' opinions. I want to be proactive about this matter. I imagine most guys don't catch it until it's too late.

To note, I've always had an M shape hairline. Maybe before puberty I had a straight cookie cutter hairline but I don't recall. Here are some photos I took last week.

Is there much hair loss in your family? In some cases a man's hairline will recede a bit and just stay that way for decades. During today's patient consult Dr. Cole put it this way... Rogaine helps a little and Propecia helps a little more than Rogaine. If you have any serious hair loss in you family, I think you should take a more aggressive approach. Consider Avodart, Rogaine and possibly ACell/PRP treatments. When hair loss is not aggressive, some recession can be filled in with grafts to a degree as long as it's done so it looks natural.

35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
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Cole Hair Transplant
1070 Powers Place
Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
Phone 678-566-1011
email 35YrsAfter at chuck@forhair.com
The contents of my posts are my opinions and not medical advice
Please feel free to call or email me with any questions. Ask for Chuck

[konfusion]

Looks like receding but also hair quality seems to be nice. Do you notice miniaturized hairs? If so it might recede further. I would take my shot with Finasteride at this point. And keep in mind 99% percent of they guys who come here and ask "am I receding?" are receding. Just 1% are the ones who have OCD. So it's your chance to do something about it.

[bhamilton88]

Looks like receding but also hair quality seems to be nice. Do you notice miniaturized hairs? If so it might recede further. I would take my shot with Finasteride at this point. And keep in mind 99% percent of they guys who come here and ask "am I receding?" are receding. Just 1% are the ones who have OCD. So it's your chance to do something about it.

Maybe a few. Certainly nothing like some of the pics on Google regarding miniaturized hairs.

I guess my first avenue to take according to everyone will be taking finasteride, however, I'm pretty concerned about the sexual dysfunction risk. I got some thinking to do.

[bhamilton88]

Don't want to bump this thread but just a basic question, where on the Norwood scale would I be?

[Notcoolanymore]

I would say a norwood 2.

[bhamilton88]

Is there much hair loss in your family? In some cases a man's hairline will recede a bit and just stay that way for decades. During today's patient consult Dr. Cole put it this way... Rogaine helps a little and Propecia helps a little more than Rogaine. If you have any serious hair loss in you family, I think you should take a more aggressive approach. Consider Avodart, Rogaine and possibly ACell/PRP treatments. When hair loss is not aggressive, some recession can be filled in with grafts to a degree as long as it's done so it looks natural.

35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
forhair.com
Cole Hair Transplant
1070 Powers Place
Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
Phone 678-566-1011
email 35YrsAfter at chuck@forhair.com
The contents of my posts are my opinions and not medical advice
Please feel free to call or email me with any questions. Ask for Chuck

No one that I know of on my dad's side is bald or losing their hair. On my mom's side, my grandfather had a full head of hair until he passed at 85. My uncle and great uncle on my mom's side have hair loss issues, however. So there is some baldness in my genetics.