u/bellpunk

when I really pull back my hair along my parting, it looks like this. obviously, when I’m not pulling against the grain, it looks better (see pics 4 and 5). overall density on top is good. what is going on with this side bit? is it just because it’s shaved, or do I need to worry?

hello all! so when I wake up in the morning after sleeping on my left side, my hair usually immediately looks like pic 1. this is/becomes my ‘natural parting’, and sometimes that bit of baldness is visible through my hair and sometimes not.

I’m not (or I wasn’t) especially worried about overall coverage or hairline - see pics 5 onwards for dry vs wet hair on top.

my question is … is that delusional? is it possible that the way I sleep is causing the fairly (to me) obvious thinning along the parting, and is that normal? or do I need to look into general thinning solutions?

hello all! so when I wake up in the morning after sleeping on my left side, my hair usually immediately looks like pic 1. this is/becomes my ‘natural parting’, and sometimes that bit of baldness is visible through my hair and sometimes not.

I’m not (or I wasn’t) especially worried about overall coverage or hairline - see pics 5 onwards for dry vs wet hair on top.

my question is … is that delusional? is it possible that the way I sleep is causing the fairly (to me) obvious thinning along the parting, and is that normal? or do I need to look into general thinning solutions?

immediately after shower, hair wet in all pictures. noticing various spots of scalp that I either never paid attention to or straight-up didn’t have before.

I have a history of health (and related) anxiety, which makes it difficult to tell how proportionate my reactions are and whether I need to take action.