male pattern baldness (redirected from Androgenic Hair Loss)

baldness /bald·ness/ (bawld´nes) alopecia, especially of the scalp.

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male pattern baldness  see androgenetic alopecia, under alopecia.

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male pattern baldness

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A progressive, diffuse loss of scalp hair in men that begins in the twenties or early thirties, depends on the presence of the androgenic hormone testosterone, and is caused by a combination of genetic and hormonal factors. Also called alopecia hereditaria, androgenetic alopecia, male pattern alopecia, patterned alopecia.

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Male Pattern Baldness

A popular term for androgenetic alopecia—thinning of hair induced by androgens—in genetically susceptible men and women, between age 12 to 40, which occurs in ± 50% of the general population. Male-pattern baldness is typical of ageing men
Racial differences White:Black, 4:1; White:Asian, 3:1
Management Finasteride, minoxidil

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baldness [bawld´nes]

total or partial loss or absence of hair, especially absence of the hair from the scalp; called also alopecia.

common baldness androgenetic alopecia; in men called common male baldness and in women called common female baldness.

male pattern baldness see androgenetic alopecia.

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male pattern baldness

Androgenetic alopecia, androgenic hair loss, male-pattern hair loss Dermatology A popular term for androgenetic alopecia; MPB is typical of aging ♂; hair that once proudly waved o'er the crown, creeps south, eastward and westward, ne'er more to be seen Racial differences White:black, 4:1; white:Asian, 3:1. See Hair replacement.

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Patient discussion about male pattern baldness.

Q. Do you know if Propecia can truly stop hair loss and even grow back hair. do you have any statistics about it? do you know if there are any side effects to this medication?

A. it does work but there is some side affects, as in E.D. while you are on the med.