Male Pattern Baldness and Hair Loss
![Bald class 2](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/2.png?itok=IMQTwvAQ)
Norwood stage 2
There is a slight recession of the hairline around the temples. This is also known as an adult or mature hairline.…
![Bald class 2A](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/2a.png?itok=rWMutpNz)
Norwood class 2A.
The class A variation of the Norwood scale is a slightly different and less common progression of hair loss. The main differences are that…
![Bald class 3](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/3.png?itok=iQNv37pk)
Norwood class 3
The earliest stage of male hair loss. It is characterized by a deepening temporal recession.
![Bald class 3A](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/3a.png?itok=z_F0xwJR)
Norwood class 3A
The Norwood Class A patterns are characterized by a predominantly front to back progression of hair loss. These patterns lack the…
![Bald class 3V](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/3v.png?itok=vHh7qUO-)
Norwood stage 3 Vertex
In terms of the receding hairline, stage 3 vertex balding is a less drastic version of stage 3.
However, people experiencing…
![Bald class 4](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/4.png?itok=Htl_qDRr)
Norwood class 4
Characterized by further frontal hair loss and enlargement of vertex, but there is still a solid band of hair across the top (mid-scalp)…
![Bald class 4A](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/4a.png?itok=q0C3ppmJ)
Norwood stage 4A
In stage 4A, a person will not experience a bald spot on the back of their head, but they will instead lose the dips in their hairline and…
![Bald class 5](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/5.png?itok=xEumaHW5)
Norwood stage 5
Occurs when the connecting bridge of hair disappears leaving a single large bald area on the front and top of the scalp. The hair on the…
![Bald class 5A](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/5a.png?itok=VGtjgKvu)
Norwood stage 5A
In stage 5A, the hairline continues to progress toward the back of the head.
![Bald class 5V](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/5v.png?itok=oGUOgyB1)
Norwood stage 5V
The two areas of hair loss are larger than in stage 4. They are still separated, but the band of hair between them is narrower and sparser…
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Norwood stage 6
The balding areas at the temples join with the balding area at the vertex. The band of hair across the top of the head is gone or sparse.
![Bald class 7](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/term-images/7.png?itok=W1ThXtiG)
Norwood stage 7
By stage 7, the baldness also begins to affect the sides of the head, until only a thin ring of hair encircles the outside of the head. The…