Where on your scalp did you start noticing baldness?

[Gusto]

For me it was very strange. I was 17 years old at the time, and I had wavy hair. Not a strong wave, but I longed for stick straight hair.

Anyway, I went out and bought a product called TEEDA (or something like that name). It was a liquid hair straightner that would relax the hair once applied to the scalp, a bit like hair dye.

Anyway, this formula was a bit irritating on my head so I washed it out after 30 minutes. The top of my head where the crown is, I remember it being very itchy. So I looked at the top of my head with a mirror. I noticed where the itch was a very small area where hair was missing - about the size of a very small shirt button. Anyway, I had assumed the liquid product had burnt my skin and also made a small bit of hair fall out.

To cut a long story short, I think this was the start of my male pattern baldness. Because from that date and for next 10 years, I went from having thick wavy hair to what I am now, like a billard ball with a bit hair on the back and sides!

Yeah, I know it had nothing to do with the hair product but that's how I first discovered I was balding.