Where am I on the Norwood scale?

[mattj]

You look like you are in the early stages of a receding hairline. I don't think it has visibly changed since your first set of photos. I don't think you need to panic.

[chattown]

Question:

I’m considering starting the big 3 next month, and I want to have a baseline to compare over the next year.

Since I’m mainly concerned about my (what I believe to be) thinning/receding temples...are the small/white-ish hairs at the edge of my hairline miniaturizing? If so, is there any hope that fin or minox will bring them back to life?

First two photos are from January 2017. The others were taken earlier this week.

January 2017





June 2018







Thoughts?

[mattj]

Good news is that your hairline looks to have remained stable over the past 18 months. No aggressive hairloss.

You have those small, white-ish hairs going all the way down to your eyebrow. That isn't unusual. They're vellus hairs which can grow all over us and might only be seen in the right lighting conditions.

At the hairline they are probably hairs which were once longer and darker and which are miniaturizing. These are the hairs that respond the best to the treatments. It's easier to get a miniaturized hair to thicken up than to re-grow hairs that are totally gone, so you might see improvement with the Fin and Minoxidil. I personally don't think it's necessary in your case as your hairline looks solid and isn't disappearing at a fast rate.

[chattown]

I got it cut today and it made it look even worse...ugh.

[mattj]

Your hairline still enviable, but it might be worth taking a look at what this guy achieved with Minoxidil:

https://www.baldtruthtalk.com/thread...hairline/page9

I'm quite impressed. He had very minimal hairline recession, like yours, and he filled it in with the treatment.