I have a question regarding the Norwood scale. The Norwood 2 scale shows the temporal hairline just slightly past the front edge of the side burn. With no frontal loss of hair on the crown or widows peak. The Norwood 3 shows the temporal area receeded far past the front edge of the side burn and almost to the ears.
My question is that if the widows, or crows peak area has not receeded or thinned along the front edge, and if the temporal area is not further back or just slightly past the front edge of the sideburn, would this always indicate a 2?
Because my hair shows the above listed signs of a Norwood 2, but when I part my hair you can see the curve of my head, and it seems like it’s worse then a 2, but the front edge hasn’t receeded or thinned like the Norwood 3. Am I just one of those guys with a Norwood 2 that the crows peak just looks lanoger then in the scale? My hairline is very much like that of the actor, Jude Law.
The most widely used classification scale for hair loss is a generalization based on what Dr. O’Tar Norwood observed in men. It was originally created by Dr. James Hamilton in the 1950s and then revised and published by Dr. Norwood in 1975. There are many variables to the Norwood classifications and other variants of the male hair loss pattern. You may not fit in to the Norwood 2 or 3… and that is perfectly normal. The Norwood scale can be found below:
Hello Doctor.
Ha! If you want to rub animal droppings on your scalp, that is entirely up to you, but if you’re trying to stop your hair loss with these droppings, you’re going to wind up pretty disappointed (and smelly).
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