What Are These Fine Hairs at the Leading Edge of My Hairline Corners?

I have a real fine dirty blonde straight hair texture. I am also Caucasian with pretty fair skin and I am 26 years old. The question I’d like to know is it normal I guess when lifting my hairline under bathroom fixture lightning to be able to see scalp in the corners? I’ve read a lot of blog questions and even have come across a few that are similar to the question that I have prepossessed but would like to get some clarification.

My corners of my hairline look to have matured to a norwood 2 possibly a norwood 1.5. In the corners I see normal sized hair but they seem to be slightly finer. The zone of finer hairs is like .5 cm of the leading edge and seems only to be in the corners. Is this considered a transition zone or would this be miniaturization or is it even common to even see finer hairs located in the corners of the hairline?

Also one more question if I may can you also just explain a little what a transition zone is and is this for hair transplant patients or is there also a transition in none balding men and women hairline as well?

Good questions.

A transition zone is present in everyone… that is, unless there is recession associated with balding. Generally, the transition zone has from 0.5-1cm one-hair follicular units and behind this zone the appearance of two-haired follicular units start showing up. In the very front of the transition zone is a layer of vellus hairs. This layer of vellus hairs can be identified as they are short, often colorless, and they do not have the obvious scalp “hole” where the hair exits the skin. These vellus hairs are the first hairs to go when frontal balding occurs and it is these hairs that you are seeing in your hairline.

Everyone is different and those with finer hair have a different appearance than those with coarse hair. Seeing through the hairline is normal, up to a point. The normal hairline should not have many miniaturized hairs (can be seen under a microscopic vision of the scalp in the doctor’s office).