Hello,
Long time lurker. First time poster.
I am a 24 (25 next month) male who first had the fact that I was going bald when I was 21. Back then I had to have wet hair, comb it, and I could see on the crown a slightly thinner spot. Things have changed since then. I have attached some pictures of how I look currently (today).
Pictures 1, 2, and 3 are with wet hair and combed back. This is how it looks at it worst.
Pictures 4, 5, and 6 are how it normally looks.
These photos were taken on an iPhone5 in the bathroom under quite high lighting.
I have never been sure what kind of male pattern baldness I have had. I have never noticed shedding hair, my hair line hasn't receded (looking back at pics from a teenager, my hairline has always been this shape) and while it did start on the crown not long after the whole top of my head was evenly thin.
I have a few questions:
-Where am I on the Norwood scale?
-Is this considered DPA (diffuse patterned alopecia)?
-Is there any way of knowing if I will lose more hair on the sides? My donor areas are thick.
-Am I a candidate for a transplant? Or is it still too early?
Current regime:
1.25mg finasteride every day (6 months)
Nizoral every second day
I have used Kirkland Minoxodil before, but I wanted to try just fin for a period. I did have good results with Minoxodil though.