Signs of Going Bald
Discovering whether you’re going bald or not isn’t as easy as you might think it is. Men wish to know as early as possible that they’re going bald so they have the advantage of searching for preventative treatments to maintain what they have before things get worse. Searching for signs of going bald does require a little guidance, and using my own experience as a man whose hair is thinning both at the front and back, I feel I’m in a position to give you the benefit of my own experience.
I knew my hair was thinning at the front (receding) for a long time. But, I didn’t know whether it really was thinning at the back or whether it was in my own imagination. To me, it looked like it was starting to – that was my gut instinct. I was right. Within a year, things had gotten a lot worse, but a lot clearer.
Some of the easier signs of going bald are:
- If your hair becomes more difficult to style, despite using the same products…
- If your gut tells you you’re seeing more scalp than you used to…
- If your hair is short and, despite being shaved uniformly, looks like it’s had little ‘chips’ taken out of it…
I had a much better idea that my hair was thinning, and where, when I began shaving it short. In fact, I never would’ve known my hair was thinning at the back for much longer had I not shaved it – so I recommend this.
By my third point above, I noticed that although I’d shaved my head evenly, I could still see what looked like little chips in the hair: small patches that looked bald or thinner. It wasn’t my lack of razor skills, but a sign that the hairs in those small areas were thinning.
I then took a mirror and checked at every angle, particularly from the top and back. Since hair grows forwards, when it’s short it can be difficult to see if patches are thinning more than others since you can see your entire scalp anyway. But viewing from the back (with the hairs pointing away from the mirror) can often tell a more accurate story – it did for me.
Really then, my top tip is to shave your hair short, then let it grow out a little and see how it grows. Mine grew patchy – even in areas I didn’t know I was thinning. I’m glad I found out, because I began treating those areas too, whereas the damage would’ve been much worse had I not done so (and I never would’ve known).