Guys here who are Norwood 6 or 7 - what age was it apparent?

[AnalogFeel]

Did you lose everything or at least have that heavily balding NW6-7 pattern by your late 20s?

[gillenator]

For most, certainly the pattern becomes evident by then and most see the effects of MPB in their teens.  Most have NW 6 & 7's in their respective family histories as well.

[Legend007]

So I’m almost age 40 .. Norwood 2.5 to 3..

no family history of baldness .. all 3 brothers n dad are norwood 1..

so am I safe from being a high norwood ? 

[AnalogFeel]

1 hour ago, Legend007 said:

So I’m almost age 40 .. Norwood 2.5 to 3..

no family history of baldness .. all 3 brothers n dad are norwood 1..

so am I safe from being a high norwood ? 

my coworker was a norwood 1 at 48 and has started massively shedding hair in his 50s

 

you never know

[Al - Moderator]

I first thought I was headed to NW 7 when I was age 19 because I could no longer hide it with a combover. About a year later at age 20 I could see I was losing hair the same way my uncle lost his when he was my age and he was a NW 7 and that's when I was sure I was going to be an extreme NW 7 if I didn't do something very soon.

 

 

[AnalogFeel]

1 hour ago, BeHappy said:

I first thought I was headed to NW 7 when I was age 19 because I could no longer hide it with a combover. About a year later at age 20 I could see I was losing hair the same way my uncle lost his when he was my age and he was a NW 7 and that's when I was sure I was going to be an extreme NW 7 if I didn't do something very soon.

 

 

 

when did your sides start to drop heavily?

[Pete-from-Farjo]

I started losing hair at 18. Looking at my male relatives I could see I was heading for a high Norwood pattern. After several transplants over almost 20 years I've got a decent covering front to back.  It was only in the last 2 to 3 years though that my sides and base of my crown have started to drop quite badly (I'm 48 now), so I'm going to need to address that soon. Thanks to good donor supply/management, even after more than 7000 grafts I've hopefully got enough to sort this effectively.

[Kiwi Guy]

Good question, I often wonder this as well, I don't think you can really predict hair loss too much sadly.

[LonelyGraft]

On 12/14/2018 at 5:56 PM, Legend007 said:

So I’m almost age 40 .. Norwood 2.5 to 3..

no family history of baldness .. all 3 brothers n dad are norwood 1..

so am I safe from being a high norwood ? 

Mpb is one of those things that’s hard to pinpoint exactly. If u have baldness and none of your immediate relatives have hair loss than I would look towards extended family on both sides to see whose pattern you follow.

 

if I had to wager a bet, I would be on your side that you would not hit nw6 or 7 given that you are only a nw2 at 40 especially since androgens lower as we age and now that you’re on treatments

[AnalogFeel]

On 12/17/2018 at 8:01 AM, Pete-from-Farjo said:

I started losing hair at 18. Looking at my male relatives I could see I was heading for a high Norwood pattern. After several transplants over almost 20 years I've got a decent covering front to back.  It was only in the last 2 to 3 years though that my sides and base of my crown have started to drop quite badly (I'm 48 now), so I'm going to need to address that soon. Thanks to good donor supply/management, even after more than 7000 grafts I've hopefully got enough to sort this effectively.

 

are you on propecia and rogaine?

[Pete-from-Farjo]

17 minutes ago, AnalogFeel said:

 

are you on propecia and rogaine?

Not any more. I used finasteride for a few years but wasn't a great responder unfortunately.

[gillenator]

Legend, chances are you will not progress into the advanced Norwood classes.

Just my opinion my friend.