It looks like you have a maturing hairline developing. I can tell this because the highest crease in your furrowed brow is just one finger breadth above the lowest part of your hairline. It will eventually take on a typical male V-Shape. In the future, you might yet develop frontal recession, but now it does not look like that
2020-02-12 04:00:352019-07-17 14:48:37Am I balding or am I developing a mature hairline? (photo)
Hello Doctor,
Thanks for maintaining such a great blog.
I am a 20-year-old student who started taking Propecia about a month ago. Since then, I’ve broken out in hives about once every two weeks. The breakout lasts for about 3 days.
I have three questions for you:
– Do you think that this is an allergic reaction to Propecia?
– If I am indeed allergic to Propecia, do you think that it will be less effective?
– I have experienced a noticeable increase in shedding since starting Propecia. The Internet tells me that this could be a good sign, but we both know there’s a lot of misinformation out there.Again, thanks for the great blog.
First of all, if you are breaking out in hives I would see a doctor. This is not a place to get a medical diagnosis or treatment. Any medications can cause a reaction or side effects, but I do not know anything about your medical history or health or habits to even guess why you are breaking out in these two week intervals. Are you doing something different every two weeks?
In general, patients do not shed after taking Propecia. Patients lose hair with or without the medication from natural genetic causes. The “increased shedding” people refer to is very abstract and hard to quantify. This is one of the main reasons you need to see a doctor before you start Propecia and have some form of documentation of where you are starting from (such as a picture of your hair, miniaturization study, or even a bulk measurement). Without anything objective to compare to, it is just anyone’s guess.
Finally, I would guess there are people who are allergic to Propecia, but I have not met anyone face to face at my medical practice who have these allergies people write about on the Internet.
Your photos show a maturing hairline, not balding. If you want to find out if you have hair loss behind the hairline, then get a HAIR CHECK test (https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-and-what-its-value/), and then you will know for sure. The age of 17 is not too young to get finasteride if the HAIR CHECK test showed hair loss behind the hairline.
2020-05-21 04:00:042020-05-18 11:42:45Am I Balding? I Am 17 Years Old. Should I Take Finasteride?
I currently have a full head of hair, but have noticed that my hairline continues to recede into a widow’s peak. I’m becoming increasingly self-conscious of this and recently bought rogaine to see if that will help. Has anyone here used rogaine for a similar problem and did it work? I read the warnings on the Rogaine box and it made me a little hesitant to use the product since my hair loss isn’t on the crown of my head nor do I understand why I’m losing hair (other than the fact that my maternal grandfather was bald).
The appearance of a widows peak indicates that your hairline has only receded about half way to a mature hairline. I wrote the book on this here: https://newhair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/phenotype-article-published.pdf Send me your photos if you like to info@newhair.com.
2020-12-16 03:42:552020-12-16 10:16:52Am I balding with appearance of widow’s peak
This may not be thinning. If a person with an average hair thickness was to bundle all of the hair (like a pony tail) on the head, it would make a circle about 1/2 inch thick. Now spread that out all over the scalp, and that is the coverage one gets. Short hair, a bright flash and straight hair can make a normal person look like this. To find out if you are balding, a HAIRCHECK test will tell you that (see here: https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/)
2021-03-04 01:45:162021-03-04 09:05:42Am I balding? (photo)
Dr Rassman,
thanks for all your blog has done, its really a great resource and place for answers. Its been a great help for me.
I am turning 25 soon, and for the past year have been driving myself crazy because my hair has thinned. I did catch it very early, its far from noticable to the naked eye, and ive been on propecia for almost 10 months.
Heres my question, I recently noticed what feels like short spikey hairs on my scalp, my hair is long so i cant see them, only feel them.
would this be considered new hair growth? I know all about miniaturization (thanks to this blog) but these hairs feel very hard and spikey. And im sure they werent there a few months ago. The spikey hairs are only on the crown and other areas my hair has thinned.
any comments you have to help answer my question are greatly appreciated
You could be experiencing new hair growth. Follow it over the next few months and get some good photographs if you can ASAP and then more later on to compare.
2007-02-15 09:32:152007-02-14 14:53:02Am I Experiencing New Hair Growth on the Crown?
The amount of brainfog i got from dutasteride is killing me I was using a pill a day for the last 15 months and i have brainfog… It didn’t go away for the last 15 days, am committing suicide? I am in my house with brainfog in my stupid dumb head quarantined…
Stop the drug! Those are bad side effects. See your doctor
2020-04-02 03:32:152020-03-22 08:33:49Am I killing myself with dutasteride?
A clear “cut out” patch of hair typically reflects a disease called Alopecia Areata. This is an inherited disease. You should see a dermatologist for treatment.
2018-03-10 06:56:572018-06-22 09:11:45Am I Starting to Bald? It Looks like Someone Took a Cookie Cutter and Punched out a Hole in My Scalp.
