David Beckham’s photo in the Telegraph shows a very normal hairline with possibly some frontal thinning. The shape of his hairline is normal and the temple peaks are prominent. The picture on the right must have been created for some nefarious reason. The picture on the right shows an abnormally shaped hairline; however, it was likely photoshopped? We can’t always believe what we see.
This 40-year-old male reversed his hairline recession with minoxidil 6%, 0.3% finasteride topical solution as well as microneedling. I suspect that without the microneedling, he would have had no response. Microneedling is a fantastic treatment for almost any age man with balding. The problem with microneedling is “Will it last” and if so, how long without continuing the process.
My hair, black and white picture, which has receded in similar pattern to the colour picture attached. It’s styled so the front is swept to the side and I think highlights my receded hair line, Norwood 2/3, or at least doesn’t make it look good.
I want to keep my hairstyle natural looking while making the hairline look as good as possible. for example I don’t want to push my hair forward just to cover the hairline. Has anyone been in a similar position have any styling tips or ways they get their haircut at the hairdresser’s to make their hair look good without changing the style too much?
That is a good positioning of a mature hairline design, something I have been creating for over 30 years with hair transplants. This is a realistic hairline. The number of grafts to create this hairline would be 1200 if your hair was coarse, 1500 if your hair was medium, and 1800 if your hair was fine.
Does my hairloss related to high testestrone?i just got my bloodwork and my testestrone was 1130 ng. I taking finasteride for 8 month. I didn’t take DHT test but I have plan to do it in future. Currently I am in middle of the situation that i don’t know my hairloss is because of finasteride shedding or high testestrone or dht.
Hair loss has not been correlated to normal high testosterone levels. Exogenous testosterone, which changes your normally high testosterone levels or a person’s normal testosterone levels, will produce hair loss.
Over and over again I see these medications working with microneedling. Nice results
So three months ago, I decided to hop on a min/fin 0.1% formula that made my derm (my anxiety and depression were still strong during this time). I applied it once a day in the mornings. The formula really works, in only these three months, I have recovered a lot of my hair to the point that it looks/feels like my hair from last year.
But my anxiety has been the worst, my derm says it is not possible or common.
Can a low dose of topical fin exacerbate these symptoms?
Topical finasteride at a dose of 0.1% will be absorbed systemically and can add to depressive symptoms that you already have. The alternative, if you want to take finasteride, is to take the liposomal topical finasteride, which largely stays in the scalp, This is a compounded medication made specifically to your specifications. I often prescribe it to people who can’t take oral finasteride.
I’m pretty close if not completely norwood 7+. I realize this severely limits what I can expect from a hair transplant. I am currently 40 years old, and have been balding since 20. So I’ve been on fin and minox on and off throughout the years. I know there’s only so much you can say if you don’t see me personally, but I just wanted your opinion as an expert. At a norwood 7, would it be possible to have graft or FUE done to the “top” of my head so that I have coverage on the top enough to create an “undercut” look. Currently, I shave my head completely. If I had the transplant done, I would still plan on shaving the sides and “under” the top. I realize this would possibly make scarring visible and obvious, which I understand is a very important thing to consider. I would think micropigmentation would help with this, right?
I was just curious if you had ever performed this kind of look, and whether or not you thought it would be viable with such advanced hair loss.
I have performed hair transplants on hundreds of Class 7 pattern patients. Some have had a very high number of transplantable grafts and some have not. See: https://baldingblog.com/question-about-class-6-pattern-of-balding/. If you want to consult with me, write to me at williamrassman33@gmail.com. To evaluate you correctly, I need to see some photos to show your balding, and one of them should be a frontal view with your hair pulled back and your eyebrows lifted high so that the creases on the forehead show up. This will show me anatomical landmarks to measure where your hairline belongs and more about the shape. Tell me what you don’t like about your hairline and overall hair situation. Please include your phone number and the best times to reach you.
I have seen a few of these hairlines that almost touch the eyebrows. I saw one that was solid at about 1.5cm above the eyebrows. Usually, if the hairline matures, these juvenile hairlines will disappear with age. It could take until 29 years of age. In some ethnic cultures like Indians, hairlines this low are more common, and some men will maintain such a hairline into adulthood as they never develop a classic mature hairline. This is rare.
Great change in the hairline in this man.
Are Dupa (Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia) and Age related thinning the same condition, just that the former name is applied if it develops in a young person whereas the latter name is applied when it develops in a person of advanced age?
No, these are not the same. DUPA usually has miniaturization well over 50%, if not 70% or more, while aging expresses itself in two manners, (1) Age Related Thnning. This appears with thinning of the hair shafts that are universal and uniform of (2) loss of hair follicles in the follicular unit. This appears as a drop in total hair count per follicular unit and the entire head.
I read some comments around here on posts from people who are 17, 18 years old. Many say that there is not much that can be done in those cases, and that one should simply accept that all is lost. I’m 18 and I think my baldness is aggressive. My hairline has always been high, but at 16 I saw it was receding a bit. Two years later, I have a nw2.5-ish hairline, and it turns out that my alopecia is retrograde. However, my hair is very thick on top. On the sides and back, not much, due to the fact that it is retrograde.
One year ago, I realized that things were getting a lot worse. From May to December, I can say that I went from quite-good-hair to obviously balding. I started topical minoxidil in November, and I’ve been using it to this day. Finasteride only started being part of my regimen three months ago (almost four), at the end of January. I’m losing about 100 hairs a day in the shower, but I can say that my hair is still the same as it was at the beginning of the year. Considering how aggressive the progression was, I don’t know what my hair would look like now if I hadn’t done anything to combat the baldness.
I’ve heard reports of guys saying that they started going bald around the time I did, that they had started treatment, but at 24-27 years old ended up losing all their hair. Therefore, I would like to know if it is true that attempting to combat aggressive baldness at a young age is in vain.
I have seen men 17-18 whose fathers had a Class 7 pattern by the age of 22 and they are now looking just like their dads. I am not sure that today’s medications can stop this balding process, but it is worth a try. Most men can get a hair transplant and prevent the balding appearance; however, most reputable hair surgeons will not tackle a 17-year-old even with parental consent because of maturity and financial issues. Too many young men can’t handle the decisions on hair transplants at 18.
How is the donor area approached and managed for a hair transplant based on the balding pattern? What I mean is the donor area for a Norwood 4 is going to be larger than for a person with a Norwood 7 whose crown dips down and cuts into much of the donor area.
A good doctor will plan for the unexpected balding pattern that might sneak up on his patient. That means that the Personalized Master Plan that I write so much about expects a Class 7 pattern of balding on each and every one of his patients. This is what separates the great doctors from the poor ones.
I have a hair transplant programmed in 2 months. My doctor told me to avoid all kind of exercise for 2 weeks prior and 4 weeks post-transplant. I will ask him for more details about it, I mean, can’t I do a few sets of really low weights just to maintain the muscle? or is it absolutely nothing at all? Also, I find it strange that he didn’t tell me anything about having sex, it is a super high-intensity exercise…
If you are going to have FUE, then exercise up to the day of the surgery and then you should be able to start up again 5 days later. I don’t know where your doctor got his information from. Full activities include sex, possibly as early as 3 days after FUE. sweating doesn’t harm the grafts or cause infections that I know of.
