Ive had a bald patch on the left side of my head since birth. It has decreased in size over the years but my doctor has said it will never fully grow hair. I was wondering what caused this and what other alternatives there are.
I cannot tell you why you have a bald patch that you were born with, but think of it like a birth mark. It is what it is.
In most cases, the easy solution to this is with a small hair transplant to the area.
Fortunately, you supplied just barely enough of a view of your hair in the two most important areas (front and crown) to show that you have thinning in both areas. You have a strong forelock in the center of your thinning frontal area and this forelock may stay even if the hair around it disappears. The best treatment at your age with this condition is the drug finasteride which may reverse it at your age. Also look at this post for more direction: https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/
2019-10-21 05:17:372019-05-10 12:18:39I am 20 years old, what should I do about my hair? (photos)
I have been diagnosed with miniaturization through-out the scalp.(30%) Was told it wasn’t dupa though. It is advised that those with this type of hair loss pattern keep their hair very short. Buzz cut! My hair looks horrible grown out but am afraid buzzing it every few weeks will speed up the loss. In a past question you mentioned friction on weak miniaturized hair can pull it out. What should I do?
Thanks
Buzzing hair that has miniaturization will not impact that hair unless it is poorly cut with non sharp instruments that pull. In other words, I do not believe that buzzing your hair will help it or hurt it. My advice is to style your hair any way you like it.
My maternal grandfather was bald and my father, who’s almost 60, has substantial thinning around his crown and a receded hairline. I just turned 27, and I don’t seem to have much if any thinning. The temples of my hairline have receded an inch or so in the last couple of years but everything else seems to be in place.
How long can my luck hold out? I have plenty of friends my age who have already lost substantial hair but I have not even though I’m certain I’ll lose substantial hair because of genetic inheritance.
As a general rule, you may follow your family pattern not only with balding but with the onset date. When did your dad start balding? You can have your scalp mapped out for miniaturization to see if you have early signs of genetic hair loss, but if you do not see it, I would not even go that far.
Hey I’m 19 and In thinning around the hairline I’m now on 0.5g finasteride since 2 weeks and me question is will finasteride thicken these fine hairs on the hairline or do I need to Derma roll?
Provided you are not talking about the loss of your juvenile hairline in developing a maturing hairline, a 19 year old with early genetic Class 3 type hair loss may reverse the process on finasteride. Finasteride will not help you hold on to a juvenile hairline or bring it back.
2020-12-09 02:16:092020-12-09 22:19:49Will finasteride reverse my miniaturizing hairline?
It looks like the transplants grew but if you have fine hair, a second hair transplant could have been predicted but based upon these photos, it may be needed anyway. More length will help it look fuller. I always tell my patients that a second transplant may be needed if there is not enough fullness present, something almost always the case in people with fine hair and not uncommon even with people with medium weight hair (about 30% of the time).
2020-09-16 03:23:202020-09-08 09:45:02I am now 8 months and am disappointed in my hair transplant (photo)
If my dad is bald will i be bald too?? If so, when will I start losing my hair. I am 26 now.
We inherit our genetic balding from both sides of the family, even from our grandparents when our parents do not express the balding gene and have a full head of hair. Do not obsess with what may happen to you for if it has not started by 26, it is less likely that you will follow a signficant balding pattern. Ask your dad when he first noticed balding, and if it was after 30, then maybe time will yet unfold an outcome like his. If he started before 26, then it is likely that you will not follow his pattern. Most bald men have signs by the age of 26 that balding may happen.
It is too early to tell much. Your hairline is still in its juvenile position (because it approximates the highest crease of the furrowed brow) and I would expect that it would rise about 1/4 inch from where it is. Maybe what you are seeing on the right side is the first step in this process. If I were to see you, I would look to see if you had miniaturization in the frontal area, which would indicate changes coming.
Often, men achieve their genetic inherited pattern of hair loss and then stop losing hair. To judge if this is the end point, go back and see if your hair loss pattern has been stable for the past 5 years and if so, this means that you might have reached your inherited hair loss pattern by now
2021-08-06 02:54:552021-08-06 12:53:27Will my Class 4 pattern advance? I’m 58
i like to know if avodart is better treatment then propecia? i’m taking avodart for 8 months and i cant say that i see so much different….
Avodart (dutasteride) should be reserved for those who do not respond to Propecia (finasteride). It is an off-label use, which means that the FDA does not authorize Avodart’s use for hair loss. In most people, the difference should be non-existent, but for the few who are unable to get Propecia to work, Avodart may have an advantage as it is a more powerful DHT blocker.
