Androgenetic #Alopecia (male pattern baldness)
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is also known as male pattern baldness and is the most common cause of hair loss. Approximately 50% of men are affected by the age of 50 and 20 to 53% of women are affected by the age of 50. Although the condition is benign, the psycho-social ramifications to AGA can be significant, and the majority of this website is dedicated to understanding the clinical features of AGA as well as medical and surgical treatments to improve AGA
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Snake Oil Products
I just finished a phone consultation with a gentleman from Kuwait that prompted me to write this blog article. He saw a hair clinic chain that sold him a special product that contained minoxidil (Rogaine) along with other vitamins for several hundred dollars. He was also sold a shampoo service for $2000 for which he had to come in monthly. Are you kidding me? Continue reading
Why?
Why does it happen?
There are many reasons why we lose hair: hormone changes during pregnancy or the menopause, nutritional factors such as crash-dieting or periods of illness, medication, and scalp damage or disease.
In men, hair loss is commonly genetically inherited, known as androgenetic alopecia, or male pattern baldness. Continue reading
Beware home hair dye
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Mothers fault?
Is baldness inherited from the mother’s family?
It can be, but it can also be inherited from the father’s side, or there may be no history of baldness on either side of the family and you are simply unlucky to have thinning hair. Somewhere in your genetic pool your genes help to control what your hair does. It takes two, a male and a female, to make a baby, and the genes of either sex can affect the onset of baldness. It is really just a matter of luck.