jr1986

Thanks for the replies. I was more concerned that my low body hair was an indicator that I already have low dht, ideally I'd go get a test, but I'm pretty sure the NHS in the UK is not interested in doing blood tests for some 36 year old guy losing a few hairs given the backlog they have. I know sensitivity to dht rather than dht itself is the main problem, but there seems to be anecdotal evidence that young guys with tons of body hair respond well. I'm the opposite. On the other hand Asian men have low bodyhair and respond well to finasteride.

Thanks for the quick reply. They say you should research the whole thing but think I've been left with more questions than answers! Probably gonna start .25mg every second day and see what's what.

I'm 36, I have hair on my legs(but not a lot) and a little on my arms but I have zero back hair and zero chest hair. Still to this day I only have a thin beard. Are there any issues with starting finasteride? There seems to be a couple of mentions on the Internet about it not working well in people like me but that may be un true. Just wondering if anyone here has any knowledge of this. Thank you

My actual hairline has hardly moved since I was 18, it's a better hairline than my dad had or maternal grandfather. My actual hairline is actually stronger than the hair behind it although you won't tell in the pics. I don't mine My hairline, I just need to bit the bullet and take fin to maybe stop the diffusing. Here's another pic, lighting is more direct and looks worse. Another of my right. Any idea why left is so much worse? Should add my hairs between 1 1/4" to 1 3/4" in these pics. Thankyou

Thankyou, I've been very lucky despite terrible hair genes on my dad's side, all the men went bald and my dad was essentially bald at my age. My hair is all good apart from diffusing inwards on my left temple, I assume my right will catch up at some point. Is it possible to say at this point that my crown and vertex is potentially safe? I really wanted to avoid finasteride but if I don't take it I reckon I'll diffuse into a nw4 with tuft at the front in the next few years. My thoughts are to try .25mg finasteride for a while and see how my body responds. I have also read somewhere that people with low bodyhair don't react well to fin and I have none, no back or chest hair. I also only have a thin beard which only came in around 30, about this time my hair got worse. Thanks for replying

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