17 with thinning hair/receding hairline
Ok, so to start of, I will kinda give the back story.
I'm a 17 year old black male, I started noticing my hair lose around 16 smh
I believe that this is definitely due to texturizing my hair at a young age.
At around 14 my father introduced me to the S-Curl Texturizer by Lusters, and at the time it was completely innocent. It made my hair look nice (loosed my curls) and I used it quite often, I used it regularly for about 2 years, and at the peak I used it once every 2 weeks, which was my worst mistake. I would sometimes (uncommonly) burn my scalp but i was young and dumb so I didn't care. (I actually scabbed this one time, this burning caused obvious damage to my hair follicles):badmood:
:dropmouth:
(I had one barber, the best and my all time favorite who I was faithful to, but he traveled back to his hometown and stayed, so I had to switch barbers multiple times. Some got my hairline right, some ****ed it up tremendously. This also factored to it smh.)
My hair around 15-16 years old was always long, so the balding wasn't easy to see, and my hair style was looking good so I could care less. At around 16 and 3 quarters I cut my hair and that's when I started to really notice. The crown of my head started to bald a bit, but still wasn't noticeable. I was still in denial.
Then I started noticing that my hairline was a father back then when I was younger, and that's when it started to worry me. The hair on my hairline was curly so the thinning didn't really catch my eye, but when I cut it lower that's when I started to notice. Now the corners of my hairline and thinning, and the center.
I am not exactly a 1 on the norwood scale, hairline is still straight, and I think I'll prolly be a 1 or maybe a 2 by 23 :dunno:, and that worries me. My hair is starting to thin on the top on my head too. I've always had a big forehead but I can see that my hair is going back. My side burns are totally thick and intact but my hair barely grows over my hairline when I let it grow smh.
Some things I wana know are...
I want to see my dermatologist before I go college and start treatment immediately, this loss of hair has kind of dented my self esteem.
Ok, so to start of, I will kinda give the back story.
I'm a 17 year old black male, I started noticing my hair lose around 16 smh
I believe that this is definitely due to texturizing my hair at a young age.
At around 14 my father introduced me to the S-Curl Texturizer by Lusters, and at the time it was completely innocent. It made my hair look nice (loosed my curls) and I used it quite often, I used it regularly for about 2 years, and at the peak I used it once every 2 weeks, which was my worst mistake. I would sometimes (uncommonly) burn my scalp but i was young and dumb so I didn't care. (I actually scabbed this one time, this burning caused obvious damage to my hair follicles):badmood:
:dropmouth:
(I had one barber, the best and my all time favorite who I was faithful to, but he traveled back to his hometown and stayed, so I had to switch barbers multiple times. Some got my hairline right, some ****ed it up tremendously. This also factored to it smh.)
My hair around 15-16 years old was always long, so the balding wasn't easy to see, and my hair style was looking good so I could care less. At around 16 and 3 quarters I cut my hair and that's when I started to really notice. The crown of my head started to bald a bit, but still wasn't noticeable. I was still in denial.
Then I started noticing that my hairline was a father back then when I was younger, and that's when it started to worry me. The hair on my hairline was curly so the thinning didn't really catch my eye, but when I cut it lower that's when I started to notice. Now the corners of my hairline and thinning, and the center.
I am not exactly a 1 on the norwood scale, hairline is still straight, and I think I'll prolly be a 1 or maybe a 2 by 23 :dunno:, and that worries me. My hair is starting to thin on the top on my head too. I've always had a big forehead but I can see that my hair is going back. My side burns are totally thick and intact but my hair barely grows over my hairline when I let it grow smh.
Some things I wana know are...
- What are the best treatments/what treatments have shown to be the most successful across the forum
- some homemade regimes that have shown real success
- diets that help?
- some recommended supplements
I want to see my dermatologist before I go college and start treatment immediately, this loss of hair has kind of dented my self esteem.
