October 8 2008, 8:35 am PT | Posted in: Hairlines
It is known that the maturing hairline, the NW2, is not part of the genetic balding process. A NW3, however, is considered the first stage of the balding process. It has been documented that propecia is not effective in treating the mature hairline, but it can treat the frontal hairline if you have genetic balding. Now for the question: In rare cases, the NW3 IS the mature hairline for some. In those cases, would it be likely that propecia could help halt the progress of a NW3 even if it is the mature hairline?
The Norwood class 3 has considerable corner recession and does not reflect the maturing hairline. Please review this guide to the maturing hairline that I wrote about 2 years ago: Juvenile vs Mature Hairline — Am I Going Bald?
Hopefully that will clear up any confusion.
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I disagree completely. My grandfather developed a Norwood 3 at 28 and it stayed that way until his death at 78. In that case isn’t the norwood 3 his mature hairline.
No. In that case, his genetic pattern was a Norwood 3 and that is where his hair loss stopped. His Norwood 3 pattern was beyond the mature hairline.