18 and balding or adult hairline?

[mpb47]

By having this harline am I more prone to balding too?

Eventually yes, but it might be a long time. For me it was 20 years later before anything else happened. And most of the time it is very slow so you have time to do something if you want to fight it.

[Paranoid]

I started like you 8 months ago now i am full blown nw 2.5 and cannot hide my hair loss without long hair.

There isn't much you can do anyways. Other than taking propecia.

The key point here is to see if you are shedding hair miniaturized or thinner hair, if not then you're good and that's your "mature hairline".

Mature hairline is male pattern baldness but it just stops there.

I have had this hairline since last year and my hair strands are still thick I do have the occasional thin hair but those are always at random moments but Ill keep an eye on it. If I pluck a hair from my temples and crown they are still thick.

[Tracy C]

Norwood 2 is a receded hair line, part of MPB.

http://www.baldingblog.com/2007/01/1...e-with-photos/

[Tracy C]

what i meant was, the phrase mature hairline should not exist, it should be classed as hair loss, that is, what it is.

It needs to exist. Yes, technically the adult male hair line is hair loss. However it is not a good indication of whether or not a male will be bald - because it is a normal male physical trait. It is not cosmetically significant on a male - because it is normal for males. A line needs to be drawn somewhere to show what is a normal male developmental trait and what is hereditary hair loss. This serves as that line.

[Tracy C]

gathering of "rare" cases

You are wasting your energy. Get off your butt, away from the computer, out in the real world where there are a lot of people and look around.

[PatientlyWaiting]

http://www.baldingblog.com/2007/01/1...e-with-photos/

Read that before.

No way the M shaped hairline in Norwood 1 is a juvenile hairline. My hair line was not M shaped before balding. Norwood 1 looks like a legit M, looks like a widows peak is forming.

Please, no more Yahoo answers or Ask Jeeves links.

[Tracy C]

Please, no more Yahoo answers or Ask Jeeves links.

I did not get that from Yahoo answers or ask Jeeves.

I do not particularly agree with Dr. Rassman much of the time, however some of what he writes makes sense to me. Especially if I can look around at all the people I see when I am out and about and find evidence that something he said is actually true. This is one of those instances. I can be out in public looking around at all the people I see and I can see what Dr, Rassman is talking about. I can see this when I pickup my nephew from school - in males of high school age. I would never intentionally try to mislead anybody. I say these things because I can see it myself. I pay attention and I am very observant.

I really like you a lot and I don't want to argue with you. Can we just agree to disagree?

[mpb47]

It needs to exist. Yes, technically the adult male hair line is hair loss. However it is not a good indication of whether or not a male will be bald - because it is a normal male physical trait. It is not cosmetically significant on a male - because it is normal for males. A line needs to be drawn somewhere to show what is a normal male developmental trait and what is hereditary hair loss. This serves as that line.

How many 70+ year old white men do you see that have no balding?

[Tracy C]

How many 70+ year old white men do you see that have no balding?

Not many - but what is your point? MPB is the norm? Of course it is. It always has been. Most males will experience it to some degree by the age of 50. However, the point I am making is that the adult male hair line itself is not a good indication that MPB is happening yet. Many males keep their hair for decades after they develop their adult male hair lines. I feel I need to repeat that. So I will. Many males keep their hair for decades after they develop their adult male hair lines.

[BaldinLikeBaldwin]

You are wasting your energy. Get off your butt, away from the computer, out in the real world where there are a lot of people and look around.

lot of men have inherited the genes to develop MPB so it should be no suprise that what's referred to as the mature hairline is commong amongst men, problem?