I Appear to Be a Norwood 6 or 7 at Just 21 Years Old
I have been losing my hair since age 15, I am 21 now. My hair loss pattern appears to be NW 6/7 and I have lost significant density on sides and back as well. I have three older brothers and none of them has any visible hair loss. My dad lost his hair only in his 40s. I am thinking about getting my blood checked. My question is that the deficiency of what elements in blood cause hair loss?
I am going to ask the clinic to include the details about the potential hair loss causing elements in blood. So, Please provide the list of all those hair loss related elements in blood. Thanks
The diagnosis of male pattern baldness is made with a physical exam, not a blood test. Blood tests are used to test for other illness that can cause diffuse hair loss (not patterned hair loss).
Male pattern hair loss can start as early as puberty, and in general, the men who go completely bald to a Norwood 6 or 7 pattern will notice their balding by their early twenties. While possible, it is rare for men to go bald all of a sudden in their 50s.
The “element” that causes male pattern (Norwood 6/7) balding was sealed when you were created 21 years ago in your genetic make up. It is genetic.
If you’re losing hair on the back and sides that isn’t a Norwood 6 or 7 pattern. In the ‘patterned’ hair loss those would be permanent zones. It sounds as if you are losing hair from all over your head and don’t even have a family history of this type of balding (yes balding genetics are not simplistic but total lack of balding history seems unusual). I think you need to rule out all possible causes here.
That is good advice. It is true, mpb means you have hair loss at the top of your scalp and some of the sides maybe, but not into the permanent zone which is the lower band of the sides of your head. While this may be showing that you have an NW 6 or NW 7 pattern where there IS hair loss on the sides of your head, you may also have another condition like telogen effluvium, especially if it is happening all over your head.
Get to a top notch IAHRS hair transplant doctor and get your scalp professionally checked. If you do have MPB, early treatment with propecia/rogaine may help, especially if you catch your hair loss at this early stage.