marine2000

Uh I don't know if this is proper to do on a website like this but here's a bump I guess. I'm pretty anxious.

Thanks for some reassurance. I wasn't offended, I was just honestly saying that to me, even with the new picture you just posted, it doesn't look like you have hair loss at all. I obviously don't know your situation though so sorry if my opinion is dead wrong Anyway hair is growing back day by day. I'm kind of more worried though. I have never shaved my head this short before and looking at it now gives me some anxiety. Is this normal? Looking at these pictures I feel like my entire head is diffuse thinning. You can even see the beginnings of the cowlick growing on the back too. Really can't tell. I wonder if this has been happening really slowly for years. What do you guys think? Is this diffuse thinning? Also weird scab on my head in the last (most recent) pic. I don't pick at my scalp at all so I'm unsure what that could even be.

Thank you for your reassurance but I feel like my hairline has the real answer. I unfortunately do not have any pictures of when I was young so I can't compare (lived with mother until 6, she moved and isn't with us anymore) and my dad hasn't taken any pics of me either. I can't even find school photos because those were all thrown away. Not a very sentimental family. But my current predicament is this. I always see online that a hairline that isn't straight or v-shaped is considered balding. Mine is in-between a U and a V and I seriously cannot tell whether I am receding. When I had longer hair I tried pulling at the hair at my temples but they didn't come off so at least they're not weak but I'm still worried. Torontoman, to be honest I don't think you're even close to balding yet. Yours is quite a normal cowlick/hair whorl and you aren't showing signs of thinning, not even a little. My "cowlick" looks huge in comparison. Thank you. My dad has only barely started thinning (full head of hair) in his late 40s and two of his brothers (also in their late 40s) have full hair without loss yet. His third brother started to recede in his late 30's but still looks good today in his mid 40s. My grandpa on my dad's side didn't go bald until he was 60. I know almost nothing about my mom's side of the family because she has no brothers and I'm disconnected from her but apparently her dad had a full head of hair well into his 50s. If I'm really balding at 18 it's the worst luck ever. Can't even stage my hairline myself. On other sites people tell me it's just a mature hairline, others say Norwood 2 and that it's either normal or beginning to bald. Even had someone say between 2 and 3, definitely balding. Can't see a derm for months. Guess I'll be obsessively looking at my hair everyday as it grows.

I'm kind of freaking out here. Probably having a mental breakdown. Anyway I recently shaved my entire head out of extreme anguish and forceful acceptance but I'm really not sure. My dad thinks I'm crazy and insists that it's a cowlick and thus is refusing to make an appointment with a dermatologist. Even if he wanted to, we can't because of this virus situation (which may not end for many months). Anyway I'm stressed as all hell. I can't rock the bald look, my head doesn't have the shape for it and I can't grow a beard well. Am I balding? I think I am but again my dad says I'm not and having asked on other websites I get 70% bad cowlick 30% early stages of mpb. I'm only 18 and just finishing high school. This is driving me insane. First two pics are the back of my head. Next one is the back of my head but shaved. Last three are my hairline but shaved. So, am I balding? And what do I do? Please give me an answer I'm dying here and have no support from anyone so far. I feel trapped and hopeless.