Blading? A little advice?

[Ohthehair]

Hi guys! Thanks for the advice. Sorry for the late reply.

The more i look at my temples the more i realise they HAVE grown in a bit compared to 4-5 months ago. If i was suffering with MPB on my temples i wouldn't be growing hairs in this area? Right? Sorry I'm just trying to figure all this out. I could just be freaking out about nothing. I pulled today and another 3 hairs came off my temples. But no more after that. (I should probably stop tugging! haha)

Anyway.. any more advice is appreciated. Thanks so much to those who already have.

[Ohthehair]

I don't know how old you are but your hairline looks much like mine did at 19 or 20. Around that age, I began thinning out in my hairline and temples a bit. My hair just "changed" - more shedding, not as insanely thick as when I was a teenager, but not really balding either. Of course I thought I would be bald as a cue ball by my 22nd birthday and that no woman would ever love me. I'm 37 now and although my hairline has receded a little bit more, I definitely haven't lost hair to a point where anyone would say I am "balding." In fact, people frequently comment on how nice and thick my hair is.

The point of this all is to say, whether you call it a "mature hair line" or just "minor recession," not every guy who thins a bit in the hairline ends up bald. Maybe I will lose a lot more hair when I'm older or maybe not, but the fact that a man's hair changes after puberty does not necessarily always indicate severe hair loss or balding. I wish to god someone had told me that at 19.

Anyway, keep an eye on it and if it continues to get worse consider treatment. But don't let it rule your life, don't obsess about it, run out and get a hair transplant, start taking experimental drugs, or any of the other nutty stuff some of us have done.

Thanks ryan! I'm prone to anxiety so it's ruling my life a little and I know I shouldn't let it.

My father was fairly bald. He died 10 years ago so i have nothing to compare to from recent years. But he did go quite bald. My mothers side however, especially my grandfather had a full head of hair. My grandmother has a great head of hair at 87 also. Who knows.... I guess we'll just wait and see lol