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24 years old, am I balding?
Hi all. 24 M - Asian. Family history of MPB (Paternal). Dad is 56, NW5.
It started with a hole in my hairline on the left temple. Then I started noticing more strands of hair falling out while shampooing and while styling my hair. On certain days, I will find 10-15 strands of hair in the lather on my hand after shampooing (pretty sure there are more that just get rinsed down the drain). When styling my hair, I usually drop another 5 strands. I can also feel my entire head of hair getting thinner.
Album shows photos now after coming out of the shower with a comparison photo of my hairline from 3 years back.
http://imgur.com/a/JXzp7
My questions are:- How many strands do I have to shed for me to be considered shedding?
- Am I suffering from MPB? Or is this regular maturing hairline?
Another factor to note is that I changed my hairstyle roughly 9 months ago; started combing my hair up into a pompadour. Could my hair loss be caused by me combing my hair up?
Getting really paranoid. Friends and family say I look fine. But I feel like the balding is quite noticeable.
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Originally Posted by jcloss92
Hi all. 24 M - Asian. Family history of MPB (Paternal). Dad is 56, NW5.
It started with a hole in my hairline on the left temple. Then I started noticing more strands of hair falling out while shampooing and while styling my hair. On certain days, I will find 10-15 strands of hair in the lather on my hand after shampooing (pretty sure there are more that just get rinsed down the drain). When styling my hair, I usually drop another 5 strands. I can also feel my entire head of hair getting thinner.
Album shows photos now after coming out of the shower with a comparison photo of my hairline from 3 years back.
http://imgur.com/a/JXzp7
My questions are: - How many strands do I have to shed for me to be considered shedding?
- Am I suffering from MPB? Or is this regular maturing hairline?
Another factor to note is that I changed my hairstyle roughly 9 months ago; started combing my hair up into a pompadour. Could my hair loss be caused by me combing my hair up?
Getting really paranoid. Friends and family say I look fine. But I feel like the balding is quite noticeable.
It's normal to lose between sixty and one hundred hairs a day. Your hair looks like it's in good shape. There doesn't
seem to be any temple recession.
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Originally Posted by jcloss92
Hi all. 24 M - Asian. Family history of MPB (Paternal). Dad is 56, NW5.
It started with a hole in my hairline on the left temple. Then I started noticing more strands of hair falling out while shampooing and while styling my hair. On certain days, I will find 10-15 strands of hair in the lather on my hand after shampooing (pretty sure there are more that just get rinsed down the drain). When styling my hair, I usually drop another 5 strands. I can also feel my entire head of hair getting thinner.
Album shows photos now after coming out of the shower with a comparison photo of my hairline from 3 years back.
http://imgur.com/a/JXzp7
My questions are: - How many strands do I have to shed for me to be considered shedding?
- Am I suffering from MPB? Or is this regular maturing hairline?
Another factor to note is that I changed my hairstyle roughly 9 months ago; started combing my hair up into a pompadour. Could my hair loss be caused by me combing my hair up?
Getting really paranoid. Friends and family say I look fine. But I feel like the balding is quite noticeable.
Can't be sure because of the wet hair but I think you might have Androgenic Alopecia. Go see a dermatologist
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Here are some images of my hair after it has dried. My hair is very long now so it gives the illusion that i have thick hair but it's actually significantly thinner than it used to be.
http://imgur.com/a/c97oE
Also, I've heard of another condition called telogen effluvium. How do you differentiate telogen effluvium from male pattern baldness?
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You want me honest opinion? I think you have Androgenic Alopecia, but you should go see a dermatologist to be sure.
I don't know much about Telogen Effluvium, but if you have that then you lose hair from all over your scalp and not like the MPB.
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