Marty1990

Hello, made this thread a year ago (ish) and did the same a year before. Just want opinions on my hair - specifically a parting coming from my crown. It has always bothered me, my barber says it’s just the way my hair falls naturally but under harsh lighting it doesn’t look great - people in work have made comments about it but I’m 90% sure it’s unchanged and therefore just something I have to deal with. https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/69205-hair-comparison-a-year-on-no-treatment-as-not-sure-there’s-mbp/ For reference (they’re probably already in the above thread) but here is a couple of old pics. First set from around 2011, next image 2017. Last set are from the past couple weeks. This is the past month I’m 34 in a couple of months for reference. Thanks

Hello, hope everyone is well. A year ago I posted the following and asked whether there was any thinning around my crown area. I had mixed replies; posted older pics too and some people said there was no change, others said to jump on finasteride. I haven’t done the latter, and just wanted to post some more pics for clarity. Here is the original thread; Anyway I’ve been motioning my crown area mostly, occasionally my hairline for the past year (I have posted a couple of threads in between my last June 2022 thread) and just want to see if there was any change or is it just an obvious crown / parting and me having a red scalp and light hair. These are yesterday (first pic fresh from shower, second I’ve brushed my hair into the parting thing) Then these are a range from 2011 - 2023 with comparisons The “seems thinner here?” picture is from when I was 20. The one next to it on the left is 2010. A lot of pictures I know, but I wanted to give a comprehensive update from my 2022 thread, wanting to see if there’s been any change in a year or whether this is just how my hair grows. I don’t feel as though there’s any thinning at my crown, but it’s the parting thing or whatever it is that has always bothered me. For reference I’m 33. Thanks

Found my old account on here, pretty much asked the same question 12 years ago as I have done now Pictures have expired and I don’t have them anymore but pretty much the same scenario - someone commented on my crown and I jumped on here. Anyway, I’ve sent pics off to a hair place, whether they look I don’t know but I’ll hold off any treatment for the time being and wait and see. Going to go the GP first about my scalp issues (I was talking about them in the posts from 12 years ago and it’s still not resolved). I have bought rosemary oil, not for anything other than my scalp, as I read it can help with seborrheic dermatitis. I still have no idea if my hair has thinned a little, or whether it’s the same as when I first posted on the old account - but that fact people commented on it then, makes me wonder whether it’s just my crown. I just don’t know. Also ignore the way I wrote back then, I was young…..

I’ve always had a parting coming from my crown, pics from over a decade ago show it but I assumed it was able to covered up by brushing. My scalp is inflamed yes and I’ve been prescribed Nizoral. I’m hoping that it’s just my scalp being inflamed and sitting under a light in work is the reason why the comments were made. Dad receded in his 40/50s, he’s lost a lot of it now but still has fair bit left aged 71. My hairline hasn’t changed. No thinning, ever so slight V shape. Literally it’s always been my crown I’ve been bothered about due to its shape and size. I’m trying to get referred to a dermatologist re my scalp issues, and then if that can be resolved then a trichologist, but right now I’m in limbo because I’m paranoid about people making comments, whether I have MBP or not - though my only hope is that it’s not changed much if at all in 10+ years, and whether to try meds “just in case”.

I ordered it myself online when a comment was made about my crown back in August. I’ve not taken anything as of yet, was going to start last night after the comments yesterday but have taken more pics today without product in my hair and utterly confused now as it looks okay. Apologies for all the pics, was comparing to older pics I’ve taken looking for changes. These were all today (as you can tell the comments yesterday have messed with me a little)

Thanks. So if I were to take Finasteride every other day and use Toppik, is it likely my hair will look mostly the same? Worried about the shed (and sides) and whether my hair will suddenly look way worse in a couple of months or if it will just look mostly the same and then better as the months go on - or just stay as is.

Thanks - they’re the areas I’ve been worried about, more so the mid scalp than the crown but the reason I’ve held off starting treatment for so long is because of the following from around 7 years ago - but if people have commented perhaps it has changed, so will start finasteride. For reference this is 3 years ago And this a couple of days ago under natural light Well that’s the thing I’m unsure if it’s just me sitting under a light which is making it appear worse - above is a picture from years ago and it’s similar but the fact 4 people have now commented on it makes me think I’m kidding myself and it has changed. Was thinking more along the lines of fin and starting that, not a HT. If I have very early MBP hoping fin will keep it as is / thicken it up for the next 15 years or so. I’ve not mentioned to them about my crown insecurities so this was off their own back. Whether it was a joke or not I don’t know. Just ordered some Toppik now, will see if that makes a difference tomorrow and then will decide tomorrow whether I take the plunge and start fin, though right now after the comments I want to start asap.

Apologies as I’ve posted before but a comment from a family member, whom I work with has stressed me out to the point I’m starting fin tonight. Have been monitoring my hair for years and it - to me - seemed unchanged. Have a parting coming from my crown, also have seborrheic dermatitis. Last year, August, colleague told me I have a bald spot. Posted pics here and was told I didn’t and it was just my crown. Christmas, a different colleague said it also. Just now, my cousin whom I work with comes behind me as I’m at my desk. Really loud, “you’re going a bin thin up top there, you need to go to Turkey for a transplant.” Then another colleague said “yes I’ve noticed for a while you are!” Has freaked me out. Don’t know if it’s a joke or what, but I have unused finasteride at home and I’m going to start tonight. If I shed will it make me look bald? Have read side effects but really nervous but also if people are saying this I want to tackle it. For reference I’m 32, 33 this year. Pictures below, all are from today or the past week. the following, top pic is from 2016, last two 2010

Thanks much appreciated. I’ll hold off taking meds. Always had a weird hair whorl and it’s always bothered me & the comments didn’t help. Thanks for your reply.

Was actually two women who said it as well & it triggered me. Thanks though. Still umming and aahing about whether to give fin ago but reluctant if there’s not much change, if any, in 12 years.

Haha no I haven’t. Thing is whether it’s just a passing joke comment or something, it’s bothered me. Even asked on Reddit & got “no it’s a cowlick” to “yes you’ve been balding for 12 years”. Maybe I’ll join a gym & take fin.

Thanks both. So you’d say there was minimal loss & it’s not just my crown? I assumed it was the latter since it’s mostly the same from 13 years ago but if there is change I’ll jump on fin. Re colleagues comments, I’ll ignore.

Made a post a few months ago but a couple of comments from colleagues have made me bothered (again), about my crown. For reference, started checking my hair when I was 19 after a comment about the crown & having a “bald spot”. I’m 32 now. Haven’t taken any medication, hair seems the same - however two colleagues recently have commented on my crown or, as they like to call it, my bald spot. First 8 pics are from either the past week or the end of last year. 9th & 10th & 11th pic from 2011 or so. Last one 2016. I was told on a hair forum years ago I had a centre parting coming from my crown & that’s the part that’s bothering me. I don’t know if there’s a change or if it’s just the fact the camera is now better on my phone so picks things up more. First pic is taken in natural outdoor light & seems fine, the rest indoor artificial light. To me the parting seems to not want to have hair brushed over as easy now, but I don’t know if it’s the way I style my hair or something. Any advice would be great. I bought fin last year as a precaution but never took it. Can you see a change or should I ignore the comments?

I’ve posted before, I have a parting / double whorl near my crown area which has bothered me for years. I’m talking 12+ years. I’m 32 with a full head of year, but every so often I check it, and for the past couple of months this area has bothered me. I can’t tell whether it’s changed, but sometimes on pictures it looks bad, other times you can’t see it - it all depends on the light or which camera I use. Mirror you can’t see this area that bothers me, iPhone camera you can in artificial or indoor light sometimes, natural light you can’t. Looks different again with a different camera. Literally have no idea which one to believe. Also looks worse if I’m indoors with my head tilted towards a window - but in natural light outside you can’t see this area. Doesn’t help my scalp is very inflamed but I don’t know what to believe. Family say they don’t know what I’m talking about, but a colleague a month ago said she could see a “bald spot” which triggered me. Which do I believe? I have fin just in case but haven’t taken it - primarily based on the fact my family say they can’t see anything wrong with my hair - but I’m finding fault.

Funnily enough I have noticed the odd thin wispy, curly hair on my hand in the shower. Not a lot, but I noticed one today. I didn’t realise that indicated miniaturisation?