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My Journey: From Mild Thinning to Norwood 7 in 6 Weeks ( from 1999)

I started with just a little recession at the front hairline and very mild thinning on the crown—nothing dramatic, barely noticeable unless you were looking for it. But I didn’t want to wait for nature to decide the pace. I wanted control. So I followed the swim-cap method exactly as outlined.

Week 1–2: The First Pulls

I cut the cap to expose only the hairline and a small crown circle. Epilated every 4–5 days. The first session stung, but the thinning areas were already soft; the pain was nothing like ripping dense hair. By the second week, regrowth came in fluffy—like baby hair, almost velvety. Pulling it out became painless.

Week 3–4: The Shift

Regrowth slowed. What used to fill in within days now took a full week, and it was weaker. I widened the cap cutout to include the entire top third of my scalp. Waxing with liquid wax cleaned up the strays and gave me a crisp edge between the bald top and the sides I kept buzzed to a #1 guard. The line looked intentional, not patchy.

Week 5–6: Norwood 7

By week six, the front had retreated to a clean Norwood 7 horseshoe. The crown was slick. The only stubborn spot was the dip at the very back—lower occipital ridge—where hair grows downward and the epilator angle was awkward. I hit it twice a week with wax until it surrendered. No regrowth there now.

Maintenance

• Sides: buzzed every Sunday with a #1 guard.

• Top: epilate or wax every 10–14 days for any rogue fluff.

• Edge: a single strip of wax along the hard line keeps it razor-sharp.