Does Telogen Effluvium Act Like This…?

Thanks a lot for this site, good sir. I have a question related to TE and MPB. I have diffuse thinning on the top of my head. While I haven’t been to a miniturization check, I would say some (though hardly all) of the hairs that fall of my dome are thin. I went through a 2 month phase where I lost very thick and dark hairs, but this has stopped (I guess they’re gone?)… I am possibly a NW 2, but I’ve always had a high forehead. The hairline has receded, but there are still hairs at the base of what is basically the original hairline. Basically what I’m explaining is a very unclean hairloss at the top of the head…the hairline is more of an abstract idea than a line, if you follow me…it’s very irregular and uneven.

Does TE ever “act” in this way? Or am I just kidding myself and it’s MPB? Father with hair, mother with hair, mother’s father with hair, father’s father with hair…

Cheers

I don’t think I quite understand what you are describing. I would be happy to examine you and then I will understand what you are talking about. As you state you have not gotten a miniaturization check, which could point to genetic balding. Moreover, it may be something very early, as you categorize yourself as a Norwood Class 2.

From what you describe, it sounds like you’re losing your hairline due to genetic causes and have a few remaining hairs that haven’t fallen out in the same area. A telogen effluvium likely won’t be focused at the hairline.