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Medical Forum / General / General / April 2005How receded is a non-receded hairline?
I was unable to find any hairline measurements on the internet. If you are a full grown person around 5' 8" with an absolutely full head of hair, please let me know your measurement from the middle of your eyebrow to the highest hairline point, and also the measurement from the lowest recession between your eyes, to the lowest hairline point down the middle of your forehead. Please be sure to pull your hair completely back so you can get the proper place. I have been cutting my hair a lot shorter lately and notice my hairline seems higher than I would think, but after looking at a few random pictures of people on the internet I notice that maybe my hair line is not really receded at all, and its just that my hair has been covering my forehead all this time. Obviously if my hairline is receding I would want to consider drugs to combat the problem, because I would want to get them as early in the process as possible. My measurement is 7.5cm starting at the between-the-eyes low-point, and 8cm from middle of eyebrow to highest hairline point, which is about at a 45 degree angle to my eyebrow. Thanks, James >I was unable to find any hairline measurements on the internet. If you >are a full grown person around 5' 8" with an absolutely full head of [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >eyebrow to highest hairline point, which is about at a 45 degree angle >to my eyebrow. Certainly this is one of the human characteristics that has significant variation within the realm of normal. However, your attempt at obtaining data on "normal" by a survey of data self-reported over the internet is interesting. Something to consider: Male-pattern baldness usually includes a receding hairline and a thinning crown (vertex). Is your hair thinning at the crown? Finally, just from personal experience, I believe that my hairline did naturally recede by my late 20's or early 30's as part of the maturation of my visage overall. I, too, noticed it acutely one day as I had aged some and started to get my hair cut shorter. However, this was a few years ago and it has not progressed at all nor is my crown thinning. (All the males on my mother's side of the family had full, thick heads of hair into their 90's, thankfully, so I should be in good shape.) Because I believe, then, that your proposed measurements will vary by age, you will need to stratify your data, if you get enough, accordingly. I won't bother measuring myself because (1) I'm 6'2" and (2) I'm too lazy, but good luck to you. PF > >I was unable to find any hairline measurements on the internet. If you > >are a full grown person around 5' 8" with an absolutely full head of [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > PF It seems a bit thin at the vertex, though there is no completely bald spot there. And at 25 years old, its probably about the time where it would start to thin. On my mothers side and on my fathers side pretty much all the men have deeply receded hairlines. So, I would guess that it is something that I should think about preventing with medicine, at least if I can ever afford it. I believe any of those pills cost an enormous amount annually. Thanks, James >It seems a bit thin at the vertex, though there is no completely bald >spot there. And at 25 years old, its probably about the time where it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >least if I can ever afford it. I believe any of those pills cost an >enormous amount annually. Indeed they do. http://www.propecia.com/ PF >>It seems a bit thin at the vertex, though there is no completely bald >>spot there. And at 25 years old, its probably about the time where it [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >http://www.propecia.com/ Though the cost can be mitigated quite a bit by buying Proscar and a pill splitter, cutting the 5 mg Proscar tablets into quarters, and taking one every day for 4 days, then take a day off. 50 Proscar at Costco is $136 or so. Minoxidil at Costco is 4 bottles for about $20, and that's nice and cheap, at least. (I'm sure you can get equivalent products at other warehouse stores; I'm just quoting the prices I know.) -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. "His staff loves to say Bush is a man who doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit.' Well, apparently he's not all that conversant with the word 'shame' either." (Will Durst)
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