What is Considered the Hairline?

So propecia helps the hair on top and vertex of your head but most of the time not the hairline. My question is how do you determine where the hairline ends and the top begins? Is there a certain measurement that is considered the hairline? Thank for your time Dr. I have asked alot of questions and everyone has been answered. I appreciate it very much! I’ll be in to your office sometime after I manage to get my butt out of Iraq.

I would say the frontal area is roughly the first 3 inches above the highest crease in the wrinkled brow. The hairline should start about 1/2 inch from this crease. Propecia may slow hair loss down everywhere, but the drug is less effective in reversing it in the frontal area. There are exceptions to this rule: see Propecia Patient Results (with Photos).

On a side note, you have my support for what you are doing in Iraq. As you may know, I was in Vietnam and saw the dark side of war and the good side when I helped the people I treated in hospitals. In many ways Iraq and Vietnam were driven by similar ideals. Good luck.