Author: Dr. William Rassman

Yes, you have clear hairline corner recession and this is the signature of male pattern balding. If you are over 25 and have tried finasteride without success, then a hair transplant is the way to go

No. You are probably developing a maturing hairline. Your hairline looks strong and the V-Shape of the mature hairline is just starting to appear. You can expect to see the entire hairline move up possibly another 1/4 inch as you get older.

I doubt at 35 year old that you are regrow that corner hair. A hair transplant is ideal with your hair color because of the low contrast between your blonde hair and skin color. If this is all the hair loss you have, you might find that you will not develop an advanced balding pattern because there would be evidenced by the age of 35.

Here is a man who also had 3200 grafts I just posted last week when he sent me these photos: https://baldingblog.com/hair-growth-gone-wild-photos/ and you can see what I mean by amazing.

My idea is to use topical once every other day and and oral every other day as well, like

Monday : topical

Tuesday : 2.5mg oral

Wednesday : topical

and so on…

I’m using topical min since 1.5 years now and would like to add oral min to increase effectiveness. It’s also getting really tiring to apply the topical everyday. Topical min was really good for me but I feel like it lost its efficiency. I’m also on 1mg finasteride for 2 months.

This makes no sense to me. If you are on the oral minoxidil, stay on it and forget the topical. You don’t want to overdose this medication because of heart side effects.

The arrows show what are most likely end-stage miniaturized hairs. Vellus hairs are short hairs with small width but these hairs are long. You can ‘see through the forest‘ indicating that this is balding with miniaturization present. A hair transplant can restore the density and the forest will not be so ‘see-through’.

1- $60 a month is robbery. Morr F is $13 or so.: ANSWER: The FDA is a real problem for this company so that put the following disclaimer on the site: “Information, statements and products on this listing have not been evaluated by the FDA as it is not a prescription medicine and are not intended to diagnose, mitigate, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.”

The dose in More F is 25 less of a dose than the therapeutic dose required at a minimum and still there is no evidence that this finasteride in the More F solution is effective.

2- Can I dissolve my pills or crush them and then use them on my scalp: ANSWER: No you can’t because it will not get through the skin to where it needs to be

I am 23 years old and there is no history of balding in my family.

Your hairline is very low in the mid-line so I would expect that the middle would eventually move up about 3/8th of an inch. This would change what the corner looks like. You could have an early Class 3 balding pattern, but I recommend you get a HAIRCHECK test to see if there is balding present that you can’t see.

Hello doctors, thank you so much for taking the time to do this, I really appreciate it.

Let me start off saying that I am a male and 19 years old. My question is about family hair types and the balding gene. My father is bald (looks like NW6 or NW5V). When he was younger, he told me he had hair that was like mine in that it was wavy/not naturally straight. Now this is my question, does this mean I inherited his hair gene since my hair is like his? Does this also mean I will go bald because of this, or is this the wrong way to think about the genetics?

I read your other posts about a gene being inherited but not expressed, but I would really like to know in your professional opinion that if my hair is like my dad’s(in terms of style only, his colour was black but mine is brownish)did I get his gene for hair and hair loss?

Thank you so much.

I really have no clue as to how you will bald or when or if you will even bald at all. It’s just not an easy thing to predict based on what you’ve told me. Male pattern baldness is genetically inherited, but just because you and your father have similar hair characteristics, does not necessarily mean you will have the same hair loss pattern. The only real way to tell is by time. In time, you’ll know if you’re destined to follow your father’s balding pattern.

The next best thing is an examination by a qualified physician with a miniaturization study. With that, you should be able to get an idea of early thinning (if any) and slow it down with medication. Then with follow-up studies of your scalp, you’ll be able to see how the hair loss is progressing and the doctor should be able to make an educated guess as to where you’ll end up.