19 Year Old Isn’t Sure if His Doctor Just Doesn’t Know About Maturing Hairlines

Dear Doc,
Hi, I’m a 19 year old male who just went in for miniaturization mapping. This is basically what I was told: there was no thinning on the crown and not much on the front, but there was thinning on the corners. Now already my corners have gone back quite a bit (about 1.5 inches, maybe a bit more, maybe a bit less). The front has gone back almost 0.5 inches.

When I left, the doctor recommended that I start propecia and start massaging my scalp with minoxidil once a day. Now I read what you had on “mature hairlines” and am wondering whether or not I have a mature hairline and if this treatment that the doctor recommended could cause more harm than help…

On the other hand I’m worried that maybe this is the beginning stages of balding. Should I go ahead with the treatment or is it likely that this is simply a mature hairline and that my recession won’t go much farther than it already is?

Thanks

As I have nothing to base an opinion on, I can not tell you what I think, but if you show me a photo of your frontal view from the eyebrows up and your brow lifted as high as you can get it so that the wrinkles in the forehead appear clearly, I will give you an opinion if this is a maturing hairline or early Norwood Class 3 balding.

Want to get the photo to me for review? Sign up at BaldingForum.com, upload your photo (or photos) there, then create a thread asking about your hairline in the Hair Loss Open Discussion category. It’s easier than it sounds, trust me.