Norwood Classification (Norwood Scale)

 

Norwood classification about hair loss. Type 1.

 

TYPE I
WE DO NOT ACTUALLY  OBSERVE HAIR LOSS 

 

Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 2.

 

TYPE II
MILD RECESSION OF THE
FRONTAL  LINE, SLIGHTLY EVIDENT AT THE TEMPLES.

 

 

Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 2a.

 

TYPE IIa
DEEPEST RECESSION OF THE HAIRLINE
REPRESENTS THE EARLIER STAGE OF HAIR LOSS

 

 

Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 3.

 


TYPE III
DEEP RECESSION OF THE FRONTAL HAIR LINE TO THE SHAPE OF Μ

 

 

Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 3a.

 

TYPE IIIa
DEEPEST RECESSION OF THE FRONTAL LINE.  
THERE IS A MORE EXTENDED THINNING AREA

 

 

Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 3vertex.

 

TYPE III vertex
HAIR LOSS ALSO
EXTENDS TO THE CROWN

 

 

Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 4.

 

TYPE IV
 EXTENDED THINNING IN THE CROWN.
THE FRONTAL HAIRLINE TENDS TO MEET THE CROWN, BUT THERE IS STILL A STRIP OF HAIR SEPARATING HAIRLINE AND CROWN

 

 

Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 4a.

 

TYPE IVa
THINNING ON THE UPPER AND FRONTAL PART OF THE SCALP IN THE SHAPE OF A HEMICYCLE

 

 Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 5.

 

TYPE V
EXTENDED THINNING AT THE CROWN.
THE FRONTAL HAIRLINE STARTS MEETING THE CROWN

 

 

Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 5a.

 

TYPE Va

EXTENDED THINNING ON THE UPPER AND FRONTAL PART OF THE SCALP

 

 

Norwood Classification of hair loss. Type 6.

 


TYPE VI
THINNING TENDS TO EXTEND
TO THE SIDES OF THE SCALP

 

 

Norwood classification of hair loss. Type 7.

 

TYPE VII
EXISTING HAIR IS RESTRICTED
TO THE BACK
AND SIDES OF THE SCALP