NW3 is pushing it a tad for some guys, but depending on head shape there are NW3's out there that have undetectable normal hairlines, Jude Law's been half bald for at least a decade and it was only ever really instantly noticeable because he's in the beauty celeb world where we never see heart throbs past NW2. I'd say he's minimum NW3 here:
And let's just forget about the superior facial features of course and just focus on his forehead.
It's not even a small forehead, but that styling, sweeped back and smoke-and-mirrors messy, nobody would look at this and think it looks ridiculous.
If you think "styling" instantly means brushing all the gunk as forward as possible to form this lego helmet, you simply don't understand it. As well as that, anyone who can only imagine this helmet comb over look, they have likely just always had sh*t hair. I don't just mean balding, I mean frizzy, unmanageable and impossible to style in any fashionable way.
For these unfortunate souls to have sh*t hair AND the young onset of Norwood, styling properly, not simply a "comb over", is of course not a reasonable possibility without looking like a joke.
Firstly it's fringe that's important (which is why Jude was passably full head for a decade longer than he should have been) and secondly, it's not a "comb over", if anything balding guys who style properly sweep it back so the fringe meets the illusion of a thicker forelock- diffuse and floppy fringe however, is not a winning combo.
Eh, I guess it's just too hard to explain for those who assume that NW3 is impossible to style decently. They probably didn't have decent enough hair quality to try anything with it past NW1.5