Regular Member 18andBalding Posted January 25, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted January 25, 2013 Hello, I'm 18 years old, and my hair has been thinning since I was 16. But it's never been as bad as it is now, my hair is drastically thinning at the crown, and is becoming quite noticeable on both sides of my head as well when I style it. My confidence and self esteem is already low, and this hair loss is just making everything 100x worse. I don't know what to do. My dad is 43 and still has a full head of hair, I don't get it. Although, both of my grandparents (on both my moms and dads side) are bald. Here's a picture of me after a shower once my hair has completely dried, this used to be the time in which my hair was the the fullest... it gets worse throughout the day as my hair tends to get greasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member 1978matt Posted January 25, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted January 25, 2013 Greetings. First thing you need to do is establish whether it is male pattern baldness (genetic), or some other condition (stress related? allergic to certain shampoos? Who knows..) Either go see your GP or one of the recommended docs on here. 4,312 FUT grafts (7,676 hairs) with Ray Konior, MD - August 2013 1,145 FUE grafts (3,152 hairs) with Ray Konior, MD - August 2018 763 FUE grafts (2,094 hairs) with Ray Konior, MD - January 2020 Proscar 1.25mg every 3rd day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Ireland78 Posted January 25, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted January 25, 2013 Hair whorl, not balding imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Janna Posted January 25, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted January 25, 2013 I agree with Matt that you need to see a specialist to determine if it's mpb. If it is, they'll recommend medical therapy first to halt or slow the hair loss. Good luck. Patient Care Services & UK Patient Advisor for Shapiro Medical Dr. Ron Shapiro, Dr. Paul Shapiro and Dr. David Josephitis are members of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians. http://shapiromedical.com/info@shapiromedical.com http://shapiromedical.com/contact/request-a-consultation/janna@shapiromedical.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member 18andBalding Posted January 26, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2013 I really like Irelands answer haha, but i'm afraid it is thinning... If it was a hair whorl it would have always been this noticable, right? Its weird though, sometimes it seems as if i have a full thick head of hair, and other times its like this... I used to have longer hair a few weeks back, but looked in a mirror at the back of my head and noticed it was really bad and it freaked me out so I got my hair cut really short and it looked fine, but its starting to grow again and now it looks awful. But it never used to look this bad with my hair still this short, usually its fine until my hair gets long... I guess I just have to keep my hair really short from now on, but it grows so fast... I have to get my hair cut every week or two to maintain it that short... I dunno This is just very depressing for me and I cant get it off my mind, its unfair how its happening so soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member michaeljames Posted January 26, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted January 26, 2013 Hello, I'm 18 years old, and my hair has been thinning since I was 16. But it's never been as bad as it is now, my hair is drastically thinning at the crown, and is becoming quite noticeable on both sides of my head as well when I style it. My confidence and self esteem is already low, and this hair loss is just making everything 100x worse. I don't know what to do. My dad is 43 and still has a full head of hair, I don't get it. Although, both of my grandparents (on both my moms and dads side) are bald. Here's a picture of me after a shower once my hair has completely dried, this used to be the time in which my hair was the the fullest... it gets worse throughout the day as my hair tends to get greasy. Hello 18 & Balding; Man, I sure understand your distress; but I would really hope you get actual facts and not worry yourself so much. You are welcome to call our office and get an online evaluation just to see if you even have MPB. This is very hard to tell from the photo you place. If you did finesterid might just work well for you. I repeat this often on the forum but there is just no substitution for a proper medical evaluation, call us or another HTN recommended surgeon who offers thoruough online evals. All the Best, Michael Michael James is a Patient Advocate for Dr. Parsa Mohebi, who is recommended on the Hair Transplant Network; and not a physician. Visit Us On: Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn Comments give here are only for intellectual consideration and in no manner to be construed or accepted as medical advice. It is important to seek the advice of a physician in all medical circumstances including hair restoration, dietary or others directly or indirectly related to the subjects in this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member 18andBalding Posted January 26, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2013 I'll be sure to get this professionally checked out, but I have another random question/statement before I do so... This is really weird, maybe my hair has always been like this and I just haven't noticed it? Because I did some experimenting and found out that... My hair only looks balding in my room, in this lighting... I took a picture of the back of my head at the bathroom at work today because i wanted to see how bad it looked because i was self concious of people seeing it.. and i looked at the picture and it looked like i had a full thick head of hair, i was confused... so i took a few more all from different angles and they all looked exactly the same! That made me feel really good and surprised, yet confused... So when I got home i took another picture of my hair in our bathroom, and it was the same! And so i was all happy, but... then when i looked in the mirror and took another picture in my room, it looked exactly like the one I posted... So I tried this in a bunch of different places with different lighting... and the only time my hair looks really thin, like in the picture above, is when i'm in my bedroom under this lighting...? Does anybody know why this is? i find it to be very strange... I do have a really weird dull yet bright light in my room and it gives me headaches a lot, but still... This makes me feel better, yet, not much better because my hair obviously still is thinning if its seeable under any light, right? Maybe this lighting just makes it more visisble, but its still there regardless of where i am nonetheless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member GBU Posted January 26, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted January 26, 2013 Different lighting can definitely make your hair look thin . I used to hate fluorescent lighting . Don't let it freak you out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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