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Discussions About Being Bald => Bald Stories => Topic started by: Sir Harry on May 26, 2012, 07:43:53 AM

Title: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: Sir Harry on May 26, 2012, 07:43:53 AM
In the six months that I have been on this great forum, I've enjoyed the various bald/balding stories and meeting lots of cool people...that said, we know what we look like sly, but I was just wondering, how much hair (if any) did you lose prior to doing the deed? Thanks, as always, for sharing! BTW, in my case, my forehead got bigger starting at 28, and shortly after going sly permanently at 35, the crown started thinning...now that I'm almost 40, the horseshoe is starting to show as you can see from the picture below taken in early April after my last surgery.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: Mr Jules on May 26, 2012, 07:53:55 AM
Went sly 4 months ago (Feb 2012).

Looking at that Norwood Scale,  since then, think I have gone from a 3 to a 4.

 
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: stasiu on May 26, 2012, 07:59:54 AM
Let's just say that when I was in my 20's, some of dad's co-workers upon first meeting me, thought I was his younger mpb brother.  Before GPS, seagulls used my head as a point of reference.  ;D
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: IllinoisBaldy on May 26, 2012, 11:03:33 AM
Full blown NW 6/7 horseshoe for me
Title: Re: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: RoWilJr on May 26, 2012, 11:17:17 AM
Receding hairline... Hair loss at the crown. Looked like I had a permanent part going on at the top! ;D
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: mrzed on May 26, 2012, 11:54:27 AM
I'm about a Norwood II, but it's been that way since I was a boy, so I don't consider that MPB.

Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: TheSlyBear on May 26, 2012, 01:05:11 PM
Norwood VI here.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: Lynchy on May 26, 2012, 04:06:36 PM
Norwood III Vertex for me at 23 lol

God knows what it may advance to in the years to come!
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: AJB1015 on May 26, 2012, 04:58:03 PM
My hairline is receding but still decent, my crown on the other hand is quite thin. It doesn't show much with a #1 buzz or less but anything more than a #2 buzz and its pretty obviously balding. My dad was the same way at my age, and was a norwood 7 by age 28. I'm gonna be one of those fast balders! One of my favorite things about not having hair now is not having to deal with the actual, physical loss of hair i.e. the shower, pillows. The other young baldies know what I'm talking about!
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: marty22 on May 26, 2012, 05:01:19 PM
next to last on the Norwood scale.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: Sir Harry on May 26, 2012, 06:51:16 PM
Where would I fall on the Norwood Scale? I don't think I'm a 6 or 7 but any input is greatly appreciated. Photos attached. Thanks again, and keep coming with your hairloss stories!
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: marshd1000 on May 28, 2012, 12:38:21 PM
As for myself, I am a "fuzzy" Norwood 5 to 6.  I started to shave my head when I was a Norwood 3.  As for yourself, you kind of look like you are at a Norwood 4.  But here is the link to the post where I asked the same question about myself.  Plus you can see the Norwood Scale on there! 

http://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/index.php?topic=14570.0
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: mangosink12572 on May 28, 2012, 01:14:25 PM
Thought I was a Norwood  V but after letting it grow for a few days  and checking the Norwood Scale of Balding  - - - - -I am a Norwood VI   
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: BillOnBass on May 28, 2012, 03:55:26 PM
Started out at a less severe Norwood 5A around 21-22.  Still at a 5A at 26 but more pronounced at the fringe.  Expecting to be Norwood 6 with age.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: Sir Harry on May 28, 2012, 08:30:48 PM
As for myself, I am a "fuzzy" Norwood 5 to 6.  I started to shave my head when I was a Norwood 3.  As for yourself, you kind of look like you are at a Norwood 4.  But here is the link to the post where I asked the same question about myself.  Plus you can see the Norwood Scale on there! 

http://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/index.php?topic=14570.0
Thanks, Marsh! Prior to going permanently sly in April 2008, I guess I was a 2 on the scale....I would shave my head for two week military maneuvers, but kept "low bald fades" or "high and tights" otherwise....When I went sly for good, I probably was 2 heading into 3 because my crown was still intact save for the cranial gash which has since been surgically repaired. I was 35 when I went sly for good, and I'm 39 nearing 40 now, so I guess four years and change is enough time to lose some more! 4 for me sounds about right....My grandfather was a 3 vertex, but his father was a 6...I guess I'll fall somewhere in between when all is said and done!
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: marshd1000 on May 28, 2012, 08:59:30 PM
now that I'm almost 40, the horseshoe is starting to show as you can see from the picture below taken in early April after my last surgery.

It's funny, we both had surgery and both got lazy in shaving and documented our MPB progression because of it!   O0 ;D

PS, I did answer the survey.  But it should have had a option where there is a lot of thinning!  As you can see in my pic from my previous post, I have the bald spot in the back and thinning all over the top.  Looking back at family genetics, my grandfather on my dad's side  had the hair pattern I have now in his 50's. and ended up with the fringe.  So I think that is where I am going.  So I answered horseshoe.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: Sir Harry on May 28, 2012, 09:42:52 PM
[quote author=marshd1000 link=topic=17171.msg266170#msg266170 date=133826

It's funny, we both had surgery and both got lazy in shaving and documented our MPB progression because of it!   O0 ;D

PS, I did answer the survey.  But it should have had a option where there is a lot of thinning!  As you can see in my pic from my previous post, I have the bald spot in the back and thinning all over the top.  Looking back at family genetics, my grandfather on my dad's side  had the hair pattern I have now in his 50's. and ended up with the fringe.  So I think that is where I am going.  So I answered horseshoe.
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Well I looked at your photos...I was going to say that at that time you would have been a four except that you appeared to be losing it some on the sides, which would put you at five...My apologies for not including "thinning" on the original poll, I thought as long as skin was showing it would be considered bald. I guess if you could vote again you would vote on either the third or fifth choice, I voted receding hairline on myself, but maybe I should have voted "horseshoe" too. Funny your pics from 2010 look like my photos now, except my sides are slightly higher, BTW the shorter beard looked pretty good too, although the thick beard that you sport now is pretty nice also!
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: balddoc on May 29, 2012, 05:05:27 AM
Norwood IV. Once the vertex started going I decided enough was enough.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: kaberaglobal78 on July 19, 2018, 06:20:10 AM
The hair you have lost is depend on the daily bases activity like eat unhealthy food, Pollution, Hormonal imbalance, Aging factor etc. :) 
(https://s15.postimg.cc/acxoga89n/ad80ad70-de95-4e62-9fbe-0820f1aaf178---0.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: chrisphilly123 on September 03, 2018, 01:11:24 PM
Norwood III Vertex for me at 23 lol

God knows what it may advance to in the years to come!
i was same at 19. by 21 it was all down the drain.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: marshd1000 on September 17, 2018, 07:24:03 PM
I am doing what is almost an annual fall tradition and that is growing out the hair!  Here’s the latest pics!
(https://i.postimg.cc/pXYY9q0B/340210_E1-_FE69-45_E2-87_DE-499_F3_F66_D53_E.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/6yqGgLx7)

(https://i.postimg.cc/KvyDvd5z/6968_D1_E5-_D757-438_B-9_B4_D-_D4_D0_AED46_F4_F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8st6ZX9Q)

(https://i.postimg.cc/7hS1nVqw/A3_F49581-_F45_C-4629-9_EE7-3_F5_ECC1_F1_CB0.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/m12Fb7c5)
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: marshd1000 on September 17, 2018, 07:29:04 PM
Here’s a few more for good measure!


(https://i.postimg.cc/KjtV3BVg/A159659_E-3_A93-40_AC-_AEC2-636_CAE4_CFF96.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SYNVw2my)

(https://i.postimg.cc/KcTCWhzv/B614_F6_C8-_CB0_C-453_D-_BB5_B-6_C90_C6_AC540_F.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/w36WtPLS)

(https://i.postimg.cc/Y95ZSbXH/D49_E1_BE2-_B527-490_C-_B924-_D7_E4_BACD9_C36.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xJPtxyDx)
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: marshd1000 on September 17, 2018, 07:30:13 PM
One more!
(https://i.postimg.cc/PqcF6Snw/538717_D2-1002-413_D-_A596-_B3_C295_B35_C13.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/1gGHXctm)
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: Magoo on September 18, 2018, 06:30:28 PM
Marsh , the only hair I see is on your face. >:D
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: chrisphilly123 on October 25, 2018, 11:53:25 AM
My hairline is receding but still decent, my crown on the other hand is quite thin. It doesn't show much with a #1 buzz or less but anything more than a #2 buzz and its pretty obviously balding. My dad was the same way at my age, and was a norwood 7 by age 28. I'm gonna be one of those fast balders! One of my favorite things about not having hair now is not having to deal with the actual, physical loss of hair i.e. the shower, pillows. The other young baldies know what I'm talking about!
i know what ya mean by pillows and shower. in my late teens, i would clean the hair from the drain and pillow, so nobody would see it. makes me sick thinking about that now.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: JimHLA on October 13, 2019, 07:52:03 PM
No Norwood, but like that skin look...
(https://i.postimg.cc/NFBKdQRj/14638-B8-C-BBCE-4-E63-A1-C1-7-B7676500-C9-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/vg28BFPJ)
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: Barbero Pelón on October 14, 2019, 06:24:13 AM
 :D
No Norwood, but like that skin look...
(https://i.postimg.cc/NFBKdQRj/14638-B8-C-BBCE-4-E63-A1-C1-7-B7676500-C9-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/vg28BFPJ)


Looks thin on top.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: chrisphilly123 on October 14, 2019, 08:38:09 AM
Started out at a less severe Norwood 5A around 21-22.  Still at a 5A at 26 but more pronounced at the fringe.  Expecting to be Norwood 6 with age.
sounds similar to me. but I jumped from NW5 to 7 fast, like 18 months.

at some point along the way, i didn't give a sh*t how much hair fell out and wanted it all gone.
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: fcb2001 on May 19, 2022, 01:55:23 PM
I’ve gone from a Norwood III vortex to a Norwood VI from the time I transitioned from cartridge shaving to straight razor shaving and I transitioned about six years ago
Title: Re: How much hair have you lost?
Post by: reddog on May 19, 2022, 02:33:37 PM
Just a little at the temples. Leaves me a lot to shave, but worth it!