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Mesure Hair Loss : The Norwood Scale

The most well known measurement used in classifying the level of hair loss is described as the Norwood Scale. The Norwood Scale ranges from a level one, which is little or no hair loss, to a level 7 which is severe baldness where only a rim of hair remains. Where you lie in the Norwood scale can help you decide which hair loss options work best.

Prevention is better than curing. The sooner you start treating hair loss, the better the results.

Figure 1 : The Norwood Scale

There are seven patterns of hair identified in the Norwood Scale:

Norwood I being a normal head of hair with no visible hair loss,
Norwood II showing the hair receding in a wedge-shaped pattern.
Norwood III shows the same receding pattern as Norwood II, except the hairline has receded deeper into the frontal area and the temporal area.
Type IV on the Norwood Scale indicates a hairline that has receded more dramatically in the frontal region and temporal area. Additionally there is a balding area at the very top center of the head, but there is a bridge of hair remaining between that region and the front.
Type V on the Norwood Scale shows that very same bridge between the frontal region and the top center, also called the vertex, beginning to thin.
Type VI on the Norwood Scale indicates that the bridge between the frontal region and the vertex has disappeared.
Finally, Type VII on the Norwood Scale shows hair receding all the way back to the base of the head and the sides just above the ears.

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