Hi, new member, wondering if the good people here can assess my hairloss.
I am 36 years old, not on any treatments currently.
My father was nw5 by 36, complete loss of frontal hair, but retains some hair on top and in the crown but the forelock is gone.
Maternal grandfather was nw3 by 30 and as life progressed his forelock got very thin but he did not have crown or vertex loss to my knowledge.
Mothers mothers family has the best hair genes I know of.
For me I've alway had an m shaped hairline. Receded in the corners but my centre forlock comes right down to my top forehead wrinkle and actually sits quite low.
Around 10 years ago I noticed my left corner was not as thick as the centre or right, fringe looked thinner. I noticed it was easier to remove hairs on that side.
Around 5 years ago I noticed the hair behind my left temple was a bit poorer and I once got a comment that my scalp was showing and I was thinning.
It has slowly got worse offer time. I have tried to avoid finasteride like the plague but I'm at a point where it looks like if I want to stop this I am forced to take it.
My right temple seems to have almost no thinning, can hardly remove a hair which is in stark contrast to my left side which is diffused around an inch and a half intowards the middle of my head.
My crown and vertex seem solid, again unable to remove a hair, and if I do is a healthy terminal one.
I also experience itching and burning in my left temple but pretty much never anywhere else. I am a bit stumped why my left has been thing for so may years but my right is good. I reckon I've lost 50% density in this inch by inch and a half area.
I know no one can predict my future loss, but at my age, given I'm way ahead of my father at the same age and better the my maternal grandfather, and combined with these pics maybe people could give my an idea where I might be going?
I'd also like to know of I have a persistent forlock since its so thick and sitting so low?
Many thanks for reading