- Reaction score
- 3
Recently, I got drafted so I went ahead to shave my head about 2 months ago (July 2017). My hair is currently about an inch long at the top and I started noticing what seems to either be a bald/thinning spot or a cowlick on the crown of my head. I have noticed a whorl at the back of my head last year, but I dismissed it as just a normal hair whorl/cowlick. When I shaved this year and it grew back I started noticing it again. However, I did not notice any signs of additional thinning/expansion though. I naturally have very thin, fine hairs that would not give me volume unless I use a large amount of products.
This was taken last year November 2016, when I still had decent hair length: https://imgur.com/a/L0hup
This was taken yesterday, 1 Oct 2017, with my hair about an inch long at the top and sides and back buzzed but growing back (first photo taken under direct bright light, 2nd in normal conditions): https://imgur.com/a/ptK6l
I am a 20 year old Asian male this year and my dad is 58, with his hair at around a Norwood 5V, and my paternal grandfather at maybe a Norwood 4 at 85 years old. I don't know much about my maternal grandfather, but my maternal uncles generally tend to have a head full of hair at ages 40-late 50s.
If it really is indeed male pattern balding, I am looking at a hair transplant when I'm about 30. I am hesitant about taking Finasteride due to the risks, and also because I had a late start to puberty and I'm not even sure if I'm done now. If hair transplant is not a feasible idea for me, I'm thinking of transplanting the donor hairs to my beard region to just thicken the beard and sport a full beard shaved head look (my Asian ethnicity makes it impossible to grow a full beard).
May I please have your opinions on what is going on with my hair? Would appreciate experienced members chipping in, thank you. I've been worrying about this for weeks and it's really messing up my life schedule.
This was taken last year November 2016, when I still had decent hair length: https://imgur.com/a/L0hup
This was taken yesterday, 1 Oct 2017, with my hair about an inch long at the top and sides and back buzzed but growing back (first photo taken under direct bright light, 2nd in normal conditions): https://imgur.com/a/ptK6l
I am a 20 year old Asian male this year and my dad is 58, with his hair at around a Norwood 5V, and my paternal grandfather at maybe a Norwood 4 at 85 years old. I don't know much about my maternal grandfather, but my maternal uncles generally tend to have a head full of hair at ages 40-late 50s.
If it really is indeed male pattern balding, I am looking at a hair transplant when I'm about 30. I am hesitant about taking Finasteride due to the risks, and also because I had a late start to puberty and I'm not even sure if I'm done now. If hair transplant is not a feasible idea for me, I'm thinking of transplanting the donor hairs to my beard region to just thicken the beard and sport a full beard shaved head look (my Asian ethnicity makes it impossible to grow a full beard).
May I please have your opinions on what is going on with my hair? Would appreciate experienced members chipping in, thank you. I've been worrying about this for weeks and it's really messing up my life schedule.