Are androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata, and post partum
alopecia.
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The general name is alopecia. It comes in several degrees:
Androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" (the most common form)
Male and female pattern alopecia (androgenic alopecia, or androgenetic alopecia or alopecia androgenetica),
Alopecia areata (the loss of some of the hair from the head)
Alopecia totalis (the loss of all head hair)
alopecia universalis (the loss of all hair from the head and the body)
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Alopecia areata refers to the autoimmune skin condition that results in the loss of hair on the scalp and on the body. Alopecia totalis is a progression of Alopecia areatathat results in total hair loss of the scalp. Alopecia universalis is a progression of Alopecia areata that results in total hair loss of the body.
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The medical term is alopecia. There is male-pattern baldness
(from your mother's side); baldness may be patchy, a condition
called alopecia areata; or a variant of alopecia areata may involve
the entire head: alopecia capitis totalis.