May 19 2005, 7:33 am PT | Posted in: Age + Hairlines
I’m 22, a model who has just recently hit it big. The clients seem to love my look, but I worry that my hairline is receding and my hair seems thinner, just like my older brother’s hair. It hasn’t been a problem yet on the job, but the competition is intense and I want to stay on the top as long as possible. My brother uses a scalp coloring agent which seems to cover the thinning, but I don’t think that will work for me under the lights. What are my realistic options? I have been extremely busy and don’t have much time between bookings. Are hair transplants an option ?
As young men age, the normal hairline does rise about ½ inch in the front and about 1 – 1 ½ inches in the corners. I call this the mature male hairline. This is not what the advertisers want in their young male models. Like with male actors, low hairlines are a sign of virility and youth, and no one wants to get cast as an older man before their time. This patient’s hairline is a great example of the youthful look (Patient RA, after 7,147 grafts). I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with many daytime actors during their off-season hiatus, to put back their adolescent hairline and they, like you, were afraid of being replaced with a more youthful ‘would be’ competitor. The best thing for you to do is to use Propecia and possibly consider Rogaine as well if you are really balding. A good evaluation by a competent doctor is an important first step. I would strongly suggest that you make an appointment to see me in my Los Angeles office. Having worked with so many actors and others in the public eye, I understand the sense of urgency, since your earning capacity can be affected.
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I am 21 and have found that my hairline changed a bit from when I was 19. The front and sides have moved up by about 1.5 cm but the rest of my hair is full all over. I also notice that I seem to loose some hairs in my comb when its wet. It really varies, some days its very little hair, whilest other days it can be up to 50-60 hairs or more.
I had a high hairline as a kid and it looks slightly higher now due to this. my forehead to my hairline is about 7 cms where it used to be 6.5.
My father started losing his hair in his late thirties, but before that he had a juvenile hair line, and did not change into a mature hairline at all, infact most people thought he would never go bald. Most of my maternal line have no male pattern baldness, my mothers father had hair into his old age of 70 and my mother told me a few times that my hair was very similar to his, including the high hairline. my maternal uncle is 40 now and seems to have a juvenile hair line.