Is this the startings of me going bald? It looks a little worse in some light and a little better in others

It's an atypical pattern but it's clearly balding. Sorry bro. At least now you can roid without fear of losing your hair because it's already on the way out lol.

this comes off like trolling. give OP real answers.

to me it looks like a weird cowlick

Yea my plan is to grow it out like I used to have it. Try a psorasis shampoo for sensitive scalps. Also how’s your hairline look? My hairline hasn’t receded at all I think I just had some temporary hair loss as a result of breakup/finals.

My hairline is fine. Rest of my hair is thick and I don’t seem to be losing hairs from any area in abundance. I’m just worried about that one spot

Start using nizoral or anti dandruff shampoo immediately. You likely have a fungal infection from not washing your hair which is trapping new hair from growing. Good sebbhoric dermatitis.

did you press your forehead to the toilet to take this picture?

huh this is intriguing. I always wondered if maybe not washing it enough was doing more harm than good

actually yes.

I mean, yeah, you ARE balding. Just about every man is balding. It's just a matter of how quickly. Some men Bald so quickly that they lose substantial amounts before 30, some men bald so slow that they'll only really start receding well into their 70's.

In male balding, Your hair loss patterns will generally cause thinning at the crown - your crown is quite thick still, so it's not really unusual for the amount of hair you have. Those little lines of exposed scalp are just natural parting lines of your hair.

But we honestly can't really say just by looking. MOST men will be balding starting at Puberty, so it's really not a question of "Am I balding" it's more a question of "Am I balding quickly".

Watch your hairline for a week. Then for a month. Then for 3 months, then for 6 months. The only way we could know if you were balding is if you have an older picture of your hairline/crown from less than a year ago.

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I just dont want to be some shiny dome headed freak. I feel like 24 is very young for this sort of thing but i could be wrong. Maybe im just a hypochondriac.

Thanks for the help though

nizoral is given to men with prostate cancer to chemically castrate them. it is absorbed through your scalp into your bloodstream, and if any of it drips down onto your balls it will fuck them up pretty badly.

please use a different anti fungal cream

What other options are there?

the issue here is that you don't look at your scalp ever and you just recently got a good view of it and thought it was weird

Next time your our and about take a look at other men's hairlines, especially if they have your hair type. Even some women generally have more exposed scalp than this at the crown

I'll make sure to do that. I just hate that this is something else i have to fucking worry about

I'm this guy my hair was perfectly full prior to this infection which began around thanksgiving and really became an issue in the winter-early spring. In my case, I think I just have some damaged hair follicles. No one in my family is bald and I went through some scalp trauma. That being said, I think this should be the extent of my hair loss for a while (im 22).

I've had really good luck with switching from really hot showers to freezing cold showers while I wash my hair. It kind of shocks the nerves and simulates the hair follicles for several hours afterwards. I've seen a fair amount of regrowth after doing this for just a week or so. Nothing else has really worked so far.

I have to give that a shot. I think maybe never washing my hair did some damage to it

Wait wait is a red scalp that burns a little and gets irritated fairly easy also a sign of this
Shit started happening to me ever since I got back home from a trip and I just chalked it up to wearing a headset all day but it made my crown hairs somewhat thinner and made me real nervous

OP that looks like slight thinning but also a cowlick

I doubt it. Be sure to go as hot as you can handle with the water, then make it as cold as possible afterwards. Give it a week and you'll see results. I usually alternate every 10 seconds.

Wont the heat just dry it out?

heat damages the hair, so you don't necessarily like to go as hot as possible.
Noobies way to cold showers is to just be in a nice warm shower, and then yank it as cold as possible and stay there fo as long as you can, and then turn it warm again and rinse and repeat

Ive taken cold showers in the past, could i just jump into the cold end?

No, it won't be long enough to dry it out, and the cold water balances is it out. Your head will feel probably tingly afterwards for about 20min. Thats the follicles being stimulated.

Thanks, i'll try this a few times. Can't hurt

I think you’re paranoid, OP

Worked for me. Your experience may vary.

Did it cause more growth? Or just made it look better?

More growth.

I really appreciate this response. It’s slightly pacifying while also telling me to watch it. Kind of soothed my paranoia and autism a bit

I’ll definitely try that then. Anything to regrow all the hair i look like I’ve lost

How many times should I be washing my hair a week? Could under or over washing be hurting my hair?

Two to three times per week should be enough.

I have a bald spot around where the OP hair is thinning because I kept scratching it over the years. Is there anyway for the hair to grow back?

Does thinning automatically mean it’s all going to fall out and be a completely bald spot?

CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES

no bully :(

that's called a cowlick dipshit, everyone has those, male pattern baldness doesn't start at the side of your head.

I really hope you’re right

That’s not the side of his head. That’s the crown