Getting my head round the Norwood Scale

[jjones2908]

Hello all,


This is just to satisfy my geekiness / curiosity.

Am I right in thinking that the Norwood Scale is just the depiction of final baldness pattern and that even if you appeared to the naked eye to be, say, a '3a' and then proceeded to go through what appeared to be other patterns on the scale (again, only to the naked eye), you may actually in reality be a '5' if assessed properly by a doctor?

Furthermore, would your final pattern be detectable by a doctor from the very outset of the balding process due to the distribution of that miniaturisation, even if that miniaturisation was only very minor at that stage? Can miniaturisation on different parts of the scalp happen at different times / rates and therefore you do actually switch between patterns?

Cheers