Author: Dr. William Rassman

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13 Year Old’s Crown Hair is Shorter Than the Rest of the Scalp

the hair in my crown area is short, not bald but shorter than the rest of my hair. everything else is fine. im only 13 and i dont want to be bald, especially at this age.

is there something wrong with me? and if there is how can i fix it?

I have yet to see a healthy 13 year old bald young man, but I can’t say if there’s something wrong with you. We haven’t established whether what you’re seeing is actually even hair loss. Perhaps you had a bad hair cut? Sometimes if you look at yourself in the mirror or woke up from sleep with bed-hair, your crown area can look thin. This does not mean you are balding. I’d give it some time and let the hair on your crown grow longer.

You should see a doctor for a mapping of your scalp and hopefully the examination will not show miniaturization in the crown. Get your parents involved and let them know what you’re going through. It could just be that you’re looking for something that isn’t there.

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14 Year Old With White Hairs

hi. i am 14 year old (male) and i am having a lot of white hairs. My cousin had experience this when she was in teen age but later her hairs turn black again when she grown up. Is it possibility that my hairs will turn black when i grown up?

I have not heard of black hairs turning white and then back to black. White hair in very young people does occur, although it is not common.


2007-06-22 08:31:4514 Year Old With White Hairs

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15 months on finasteride (photos)

This is a great result from taking finasteride which tends to work better in the crown than elsewhere on the scalp.


2021-01-19 10:34:0215 months on finasteride (photos)

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14 weeks minoxidil, microneedling and finasteride (photo)

Hair length alone can not produce such a dramatic effect in this 27 year old male. Great result. The frontal hairline is less sensitive to these treatments in this man. You would have to keep up the combined minoxidil and finasteride treatment after the hair transplant to maintain the gains you made in the top and crown of your head. Despite this, you should be congratulated for this spectacular turn around.

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15 y/o son lost forty pounds and half his hair. Doctor said his weight loss “triggered” mpb.

About this time last year my son lost forty pounds through diet and exercise. I started noticing some hair loss and we made an appointment. Primary doctor said it’s no big deal and the hair will come right back. Blood work came out fine. The hair loss started accelerating rapidly so we went to a dermatologist who said that the weight loss likely “triggered” male pattern baldness. She believes that he would have likely started losing his hair in five years or so, but the stress on his body kicked it into overdrive. She wanted to put him on finesteride (I said no), but he started minoxidil and some BS pills called Nutrafol. We went back to the derm three months later and hair was no longer shedding, but no regrowth. His hair is very diffused on top and even more so in the crown. I don’t know what to make of all this. I obviously don’t want him to go through this (it’s affecting his social life and anxiety), but putting him on fin seems dangerous. Is it possible to trigger male pattern balding or could this just be telogen effluvium?

Acute weight loss often causes hair loss and it can trigger MPB even in a 15 year old.


2019-02-12 07:04:5515 y/o son lost forty pounds and half his hair. Doctor said his weight loss “triggered” mpb.

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15 and think I am balding

So, I’ve actually had really bad hair for a while now, ever since I was 14 (or at least that is when I first noticed).

I went to a very respected clinic and got a minoxidil prescription straight away due to how bad it actually is, given that I’ve had a big problem with my hair for almost 2 years now. I’ve heard a lit of people on here recommend Finasteride as well, but I doubt I can get that prescribed easily where I live (Third World Problems, I guess).

I have seen 15 year old males (rarely) develop a maturing hairline, which is not balding. Send me photos


2019-03-26 18:19:5615 and think I am balding

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15 year old with rapid weight loss followed by hair loss

Would my weight loss be due to a hormonal shift brought about by losing weight and thus speeding up the MPB?

I am not sure about the mechanism, but what you are suggesting is possible. Weight loss that is rapid often triggers male pattern balding but rapid weight loss itself, can cause hair loss in many people.


2019-02-12 07:06:5015 year old with rapid weight loss followed by hair loss

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16 y/o on topical finasteride and topical minoxidil with good results

Do you think that it is safe taking finasteride and minoxidil at my age? My result are excellent.

Speak with your doctor, as I don’t give direct advice over blogs. I suspect that it will be okay. These topicals go systemic, so maybe you would be better off sticking with the oral forms of these medications so that you know exactly what your system is getting.