Androgenetic Alopecia (common baldness, pattern hair loss, male-pattern baldness)
What is androgenetic alopecia? Androgenetic alopecia, or common baldness, is a genetically determined sensitivity of the hair follicle to androgens. It occurs post-pubertally in both males and females and is manifest by the non-scarring loss of hair in the vertex and frontotemporal areas. Terminal hairs are first replaced by thin, small vellus hairs. Eventually the [...]