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baldness /bald·ness/ (bawld´nes) alopecia, especially of the scalp.
male pattern baldness  see androgenetic alopecia, under alopecia.

bald·ness (bôldns)
n.
The lack of all or a significant part of the hair on the head and sometimes on other parts of the body.

baldness
Etymology: ME, balled
absence of hair, especially from the scalp. See also alopecia.

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.

baldness
absence of hair; alopecia.

pattern baldness
occurs in dogs as hair loss of the ears in Dachshunds, predominantly males; hair loss on the ventral neck, caudomedial thighs and tail in American water spaniels and Portuguese water dogs; and hair loss on the postauricular areas, ventral and neck and ventral body in dogs of several small breeds.

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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.

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