Mature Hairline Measurements

Dear Dr Rassman,

I know you’re probably sick of hearing questions about this but here goes… I read in one of your more recent posts that ‘a mature hairline is usually about one finger width above your highest forehead wrinkle.’

Doesn’t this seem to contradict earlier measurements which suggest it can rise as high as an inch and a half in the corners? Or in this post are you referring to the center? If the corners receded by only a finger width (which is like half an inch) wouldn’t that be more like a NW 1.5?

The problem I am having with my hairline at the moment is that the sides are moving up (probably by just over an inch) but the center isn’t really moving. This is creating a weird angle. I actually want some of the middle to recede to even it out!

I have seen you describe this as ‘persistent forelock’ — but is a persistent forelock a greater indication of MPB than maturation?

In fact, the part of the center which persists actually seems to be more to the right, and the whole right side of my hairline is still thicker than the left. So maybe this isn’t a persistent central forelock and actually indicates the point remaining which still touches the highest forehead crease should fall out?

Just on a side note it seems as though a lot of males have a juvenile hairline whose central point is actually higher than the corners, kind of like David Schwimmer from Friends. So when their hairlines mature some of the corners recede and their hairline still looks straight. However, my central point was probably a tad lower than the corners (furrowing my brow shows a slight ‘dip’ in the middle’) and I still have hair touching the lowest line in that dip.

Thanks

This really is not that complicated. If you think you are losing hair and you want to do something about it, see a doctor. Even if you have a juvenile hairline or a “weird” hairline and you are bothered by it, you can address it with hair transplant surgery. If you can live with it, then leave it alone. If you think it will get worse, then have it examined by a doctor.

There is no point breaking straws and going over a definition of a juvenile hairline or a NW 1.5 versus NW 1.75 versus NW 2, etc. Nobody has a perfectly even hairline.