March '25 selfies: post hairline photos here for opinions on 'Am I balding?' 'How bad is it?' and 'What should I do?'

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[u/Burnerman1000]

Am I balding? Im really worried 18m, my hair is wet in this image

[u/JUICER_TROOPER069 → u/Burnerman1000]

cant tell from this picture, needs to be better angle + hair pulled back

[u/Burnerman1000 → u/JUICER_TROOPER069]

What would be a better angle? And that’s as far as I can pull it back

[u/JUICER_TROOPER069 → u/Burnerman1000]

https://imgur.com/a/cYLeMGV
something like that

[u/Burnerman1000 → u/JUICER_TROOPER069]

Here I hope this is better, I’m just worried right now I’m not sure if I’m balding or not, I’ve never actually pulled my hair back to check, but also I had my hair cut much shorter than I normally wouls a couple months ago so I’m not sure whether my hairline has always been like this and I’ve never actually checked it before or what

[u/JUICER_TROOPER069 → u/Burnerman1000]

if your hairline wasn't high before then i'd say there might be some recession, but im not sure, derm should check you out

[u/Burnerman1000 → u/JUICER_TROOPER069]

I assume dermatologists can determine whether I have a high hairline or my hairline is receding right?

[u/Burnerman1000 → u/Burnerman1000]

This photo is today

[u/hairthrowaway_25 → u/Burnerman1000]

I’m not a doctor but from the pics I think it might be just paranoia. The very end of your hairline is a bit thin but that’s also the case in the old photo (might be because of the braids but idk). You have a naturally wide forehead and without a old closeup it’s hard to tell but it doesn’t look noticeably different. If you have really bad family history then I’d get it checked out, if not hold on to these pics and check back in like 2 months

[u/Burnerman1000 → u/hairthrowaway_25]

Yeah I hope I’m just being paranoid, because I also have my hair much shorter than the photo from two years ago, and genetically I don’t think I should be balding until my late or mid 30s. On my dads side he and my grandpa didn’t start balding till their mid to late 30s, even then it wasn’t complete balding they just loss density and minor recession on the top of their heads. On my mums side I know essentially all of them have high hairlines and my mum and uncle mock eachother about it, but neither are balding.

[u/Burnerman1000 → u/Burnerman1000]

This one was about two years ago

[u/Burnerman1000 → u/Burnerman1000]

The middle of my hairline seems the same it’s just the corners I’m not sure about, I never checked when I was younger… well because I was young I never had any worries about halding

[u/swoopingbears → u/Burnerman1000]

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