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Hi guys, I'm 20 and am very worried.

 

Last month, I realised that I could see my scalp. My natural hair parting (those vortex thingy where the hair grows from) is on the left of my head. But recently, I saw something similar on the right side of my head. Its totally new!

 

Remember, my natural parting is on the left.

 

Argh! This is so frustrating! I'm too young!

 

All the photos were taken during a span of one week. The spot only pops up if I comb or move my hair a certain way. Sometimes when I comb over it, you can see the scalp a little.

 

Is it possible for me to actually develop another hair whorl??

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I don't think you can develop a new whorl.

 

That said, I do not see a bald spot. My son is 8 and his head looks like yours.

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sithlord20,

 

I agree. I don't think this represents the beginnings of hair loss. But, keep an eye on it.

 

Perhaps you have a double whorl like the patient presented in the following thread and never noticed before:

H&W HD Video/Dr. Wong/2410 Grafts/Double Whorl Crown

 

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I can only see one whorl in the photos, which (unless the photo is reversed) is on the right.

 

A new whorl can't develop. The follicles are arranged in a pattern on that region of the scalp and losing hairs won't change that pattern. The area where we can see scalp showing through (which is normal at the whorl) is clearly a whorl that has always been there. I really can't see how it would have been invisible to you before. Even if there's a second whorl to the left that I can't make out in the photos, I would say that the one on the right is undoubtedly the main one which would always have been the most prominent. That whorl is dominating the direction your hair grows at the crown. It all fans out from there.

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My sister lost a little patch like that on her crown when she was a kid and if i remember properly i think it was something to do with leaving her hair wet too long but it grew back and couldn't of been male balding lol.

 

It could also just be your natural whirls i've never seen a small area like that go completely in 1 little spot. When my crown went the whole crown area thinned at the same time rather than a small spot distending out.

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Do you have older men in your family history on either side that have the same type of loss pattern, meaning, it started in the crown?

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