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 Dr. Alan J. Bauman is the Founder, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon of the Bauman Medical Group, P.A. located in Wharfside at Boca Pointe in Boca Raton, Florida. His practice is dedicated exclusively to treating male and female pattern hair loss. Dr. Bauman uses state-of-the-art medical and surgical techniques to help his patients maintain and/or restore their scalp hair.
Joe
2005-07-25
Mature hairline hairloss
A mature hairline is considered a Norwood 2 and is normal expected hairloss for every man with or without MPB. Is this hairloss DHT related? What causes our hairlines to change to mature hairlines and why does propecia not effectively stop this?
We simply don't have the scientific data to answer your questions. However, not all men progress to a NW2. A good friend of mine from medical school has a NW1 at age 36 with no signs of recession or thinning. My opinion is that Propecia would probably stop the recession--if it was started early enough. The point is that 'most' men have some sort of recession after they hit puberty and this is considered 'normal.' With regard to transplantation, this means that we should strive for a 'slightly' receded look with our restorations and not an 'adolescent' hairline.
I always council my hair transplant patients using a 'conservative' approach to the hairline. Naturalness is KEY.
Sincerely,
Dr. B.
doctorb@baumanmedical.com
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