Degree of hair loss?

[nmc]

I just found this site today and was reading the stories and articles, but I was looking for a bit of a frame of reference. (I totally understand that this is a personal issue and people may not want to give detailed descriptions)

So I'm wondering if you all could give me an idea of when hair loss is a big enough problem to warrant aggressive treatment...maybe on the savin/ludwig scale?

http://www.americanhairloss.org/img/content/savinscale.gif

Are most people here in the I, II or III stages?

Thanks!

[Elissa]

I don't think I fit any of those categories/pictures because most of my hair loss is diffuse (throughout) and then I lost a few chunks in the back of my head by the nape of my neck. And I have some more noticeable hair loss toward the front as well. Those pics seem to only show "male pattern baldness" :confused:

[kawawa]

I did not lose my hair like this. It fell out in a diffused pattern all over my head for 14 year and then just the front section went bald.

[VictoriaG]

My loss is very diffuse, too, but the thinnest sections are at my temples. From the top, my hair looks fine.

[divinem]

My hair loss doesn't look like any of these either. It's diffuse throughout with more significant balding at the temples.

[dazzleca]

Mine is diffuse as well with more at the temples. It looks like there is more on top but I think that is just because it is so much more visible.