Taking scalp photos that are actually comparable
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Same light, same part, same distance, the three variables that make or break a progress timeline.
Lock your variables
Shoot in indirect daylight near a window, never under a single overhead spotlight, hard shadows exaggerate thinning.
Use the same part line, the same four angles (hairline, crown, left, right) and roughly 20-30 cm distance every time.
Keep the cadence
Every four weeks is the sweet spot. Weekly photos add noise; quarterly photos miss the plateau that tells you to change level.
Hair should be dry and unstyled. Product adds shine that reads as density.