Male Pattern Baldness: Stages and Treatments

Observing some hairs on the pillow is not a serious concern if you shed 50-100 hairs daily. Actually, mild hair fall is a common part of the natural hair growth cycle. However, increased hair fall should be a warning sign for you.

Severe hair loss and hair thinning are signs of male pattern baldness. Besides these signs, if you feel your hairline is receding steadily, it is confirmed that you are experiencing male pattern baldness or genetic baldness.
You need to visit a hair clinic in Indore if you require proper diagnosis and treatment for the problem.
Experts measure the progression of male pattern baldness with the help of the Norwood scale that divides the progression into seven main stages. Each stage decides the severity level and pattern of genetic baldness.

Let us look at the seven stages of the Norwood scale:

Step 1 – At this stage, we do not observe any sign of recession of hairline. Actually, this phase signifies a completely natural hairline with almost no hair loss.

Step 2 – At this phase, you will observe that your hairline is receding slightly around the temple area.

Step 3 – This stage shows a deeply recessed hairline at the temple areas, making a V shape.
It is possible that affected areas are totally bald or covered with thin hairs at this stage.

Step 4 – At this stage, hair loss is significant on the crown area as well. Usually, the hair loss in the crown region and hair loss in the temporal region seems separated with the help of a sparse layer of hair.

Step 5 – The layer separating the two hair loss areas gets thinner at this stage and hair loss seems so severe on both crown and temple areas.

Step 6 – The balding area at the crown region merges with the bald area on the temple region.
It makes a large bald area on the scalp.

Step 7 – At this stage, the hairline seems nowhere and only a layer of spars layer of hair is observed at the sides and back of the head.