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It is sexually transmitted because it is caused by a defect in the gene of a X-chromosome caused by a combination of genetic predisposition and sufficient circulating androgen, but it is unclear as to whether the condition in women is the same as that in men.
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What are the most common types of abnormal hair loss?
Are androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata, and post partum alopecia.
What is androgenic alopecia?
Shedding,However with proper care and hair vitamins such as biotin you can turn hair loss around. I also would recommend a few scalp massages as well using some essential oils that helps with hair loss.
What is the medical term meaning abnormal condition of hair?
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.
Is neyo bald?
ITs a genenic trait, he prolly inherited from his dad, "Baldness involves the state of lacking hair where it often grows, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" that occurs in adult male humans and other species. The amount and patterns of baldness can vary greatly; it ranges from male and female pattern alopecia (androgenic alopecia, also called androgenetic alopecia or alopecia androgenetica), alopecia areata, which involves the loss of some of the hair from the head, and alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, to the most extreme form, alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body"
What is the scientific name for hair loss?
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)
What are the causes of hair loss related with hereditary?
The most common cause of hair loss is in your genes. Heredity hair loss is often called male/female pattern baldness or androgenetic alopecia. Almost as many women as men develop hereditary hair loss, but their hair loss patterns are often different.There are two types of heredity hair loss. They areNot advanced androgenic alopecia :In one of the more typical patterns of androgenic alopecia, some of the hair follicles actually "shrink." As the follicles shrink the quality of the hair strands growing from the follicles is reduced. This type of hair loss is most often associated with men. However, women also suffer from not advanced androgenic alopecia. The difference is that the hair depletion pattern in women is usually more sporadic and less concentrated in one spot.Advanced androgenic alopecia :This is a more serious stage of hereditary hair loss. In the advanced stage the hair follicles shrink so significantly that they can no longer sustain hair growth. Advanced androgenic alopecia is seen primarily in men. And it is very, very common. In fact, most men will at some point in their life be affected by advanced hereditary hair loss. There are degrees of advanced androgenic alopecia. Men who are less severely afflicted with this hereditary hair loss typically experience it in select areas only. For example, receding temples and/or a little thinning of the hair on the cranium means that hair follicle shrinkage is concentrated in those select areas.
Treating Androgenic Alopecia: Hair Loss?
The causes of alopecia range from hormone imbalances and diet deficiency to genetics. Women are just as prone to hair loss as men are. Both cases are known as androgenic alopecia, which is then defined as either male or female pattern baldness. The most effective treatment option that has long term effects is a hair a transplant. Medication is short lived and does not produce permanent solutions to hair loss. The truth is that only a hair transplantation can fully restore thinning and lost hair.
Why do you get alopecia?
There are multiple things that can cause Alopecia. Most common are: -A diet lacking esencial nutrients. -Thyroid Problems. -Infections. -Stress. -Cosmetic Excesses or side effects of some treatments. -Genetics (Androgenic Alopecia) The most common in men is Androgenic Alopecia. 9 of 10 men older than 21 years present some type of recession on the hairline. 5 of 10 men older than 40 have the the crown affected.
How do you know if your balding?
Baldness involves the state of lacking hair where it often grows, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" that occurs in adult male humans and other species. The amount and patterns of baldness can vary greatly; it ranges from male and female pattern alopecia (androgenic alopecia, also called androgenetic alopecia or alopecia androgenetica), alopecia areata, which involves the loss of some of the hair from the head, and alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, to the most extreme form, alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body.
What is scalp reduction?
Another surgical procedure used to treat androgenic alopecia is scalp reduction. By stretching skin, the hairless scalp can be removed and the area of bald skin decreased by closing the space with hair-covered scalp.
What can be taken or used on the hair for hair loss?
If you are a man suffering alopecia or hair loss, the only known effective treatment is finasteride. Finasteride is effective in treating androgenic alopecia because it treats the condition at the source and not just on the scalp where the hair loss occurs. By preventing the enzyme 5-alpha reductase, it therefore prevents the formation of DHT.
Autoimmune disorder where there are well defined bald areas?
alopecia areata
