Placzek

Going a bit thin on top according to my wife and I have confirmed this by using a mirror. Nothing major, but I'm sure these things rarely get better!! I was not aware of it as, from the front it looks like it always has. I have always had a high forehead and it doesn't seem to have changed much. On the Norwood scale I would say my hair line is about a 2, but the area thinning up top is somewhere around a 5 (in area only, it is still covered, just thin). I am 40. My father is bald (although has always maintained some whispy grey coverage, even at 70). I have one cousin who is two years older than me who is showing slightly more hair loss than me. Other than that no-one else (to my knowledge) in the family has lost hair including paternal and maternal grandfathers. How bad will it likely get or is there no way of knowing?

Going a bit thin on top according to my wife and I have confirmed this by using a mirror. Nothing major, but I'm sure these things rarely get better!! I was not aware of it as, from the front it looks like it always has. I have always had a high forehead and it doesn't seem to have changed much. On the Norwood scale I would say my hair line is about a 2, but the area thinning up top is somewhere around a 5 (in area only, it is still covered, just thin). I am 40. My father is bald (although has always maintained some whispy grey coverage, even at 70). I have one cousin who is two years older than me who is showing slightly more hair loss than me. Other than that no-one else (to my knowledge) in the family has lost hair including paternal and maternal grandfathers. How bad will it likely get or is there no way of knowing?

I am 40 and the hair is starting (quite early stage) to go up on top, although I am not really receding. I have thought about Propecia, however, I'm not sure I want to take it forever. What would happen if I used it for 10 years and then stopped? I believe I would lose any growth that had occurred due to Propecia, but would I then loose all the hair that would naturally have fallen out during those 10 years? I'm not trying to stop the aging process forever, but I wouldn't mind delaying it 10 years. I'm just concerned once I stop using propecia balding would progress at a very rapid rate (play catch up).