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Why Does It Affect Both Men And Women? |
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This condition (which is also known as androgenic alopecia) causes hair to grow progressively thinner and weaker until eventually it falls out.
And, in many cases, most of this hair does not regrow. Male pattern baldness (MPB) and female pattern baldness (FPB) will then develop. In the picture below, you can see a typical example of advanced hair loss. With extensive hair loss at the front, back, and crown, you can see the familiarmale pattern baldness region has, in this very famous case, completely developed. |
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This picture shows a typical example of advanced hair loss.
With extensive hair loss at the front, back, and crown, you can see the familiar male pattern baldness region has, in this very famous case, completely developed. |
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For women, female pattern baldness
(FPB) is less frequent. Instead, hair loss normally appears as diffuse
thinning on the crown of the scalp. Diffuse thinning is evenly distributed hair loss, but it still makes the scalp much more visible (as you can see in this example). Women suffer this type of hair loss as well as men because it's not just men who produce testosterone: women also produce it (albeit in much lower levels from their adrenal glands). |
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Receding temples - In this example, a receding hairline at the temples has begun and can clearly be seen.
The rest of the scalp will be largely free from any significant hair loss at this stage. |
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Hair loss at the back - In this picture, the hairline probably looks fine at the front, but a bald patch has developed at the back.
All these variations at the front and back can initially appear to develop hair loss slower and to a lesser extent than complete baldnesss. But, in almost all cases, the hair loss process will relentlessly continue until the familiar and extreme male pattern baldness region of loss has emerged. |
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However, the reason why the hair loss process begins at the front for some and at the back of the head for others, is extremely significant (a fact that hair loss researchers are currently overlooking).
To discover why the region in which hair loss develops is so significant, read:
"Skull Expansion – True Cause of Genetic Hair Loss"
How Quickly will Your Hair Fall Out?
For some, androgenetic alopecia can impact on the scalp quite slowly over many years. But, for others, it happens extremely quickly.
If you look around you, you'll see people experiencing the various stages of hair loss shown above. In fact, everywhere you look - on TV, newspaper pictures, people you know, meet and see in the street - the same patterns of hair loss emerge time and time again.
You'll most probably see this in men of course. Women are far less tolerant of hair loss than the majority of men, and far more likely to cover it up. But, whether they're men or women, the really interesting thing is that these people can be of any age.
So, whilst baldness is, for most people, synonymous with the aging process, it's not just the elderly who suffer extensive hair loss.
Men especially can become completely bald long before they reach the age of 30 due to androgenetic alopecia.
Some Frightening Facts!
But those statistics mean nothing really - it's genetics and some lifestyle factors that determine whether or not you'll lose your hair, and how quickly it will happen.
If you're a women, the diffuse alopecia (or thinning) form of androgenetic alopecia is what you're more likely to suffer. And this is usually a much more gradual process than it is for men. That's because androgen levels are much lower in women than they are in men. And, for the same reason, women are far less likely to form abald patch at the back or an early receding hairline at the front.
Rate and region
If you look at all those pictures again, you can appreciate that it's possible for hair to fall from the front (temple recession) without any significant loss at the back.
Alternatively, someone could experience baldness at the back with no loss at all from the front (the hairline remaining untouched).
And, should hair loss be really rampant, it can rapidly fall from both these regions at the same time. (In such cases, the entire male pattern baldness region of the scalp will shed hair simultaneously).
Obviously then, hair can fall faster in one region of the scalp than it does in another. Or, it may fall from both regions but at different times in a person's life - perhaps even years apart. As such, the rate of hair loss can also vary from person to person.
These facts are very important in understanding the process that causes androgenetic alopecia. But, they are almost completely ignored by hair loss specialists!
Remnant Hair - How Much Hair Will You Keep?
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Many of those who are almost completely bald (men mostly) will still have strong hair growth within a small part of the male pattern baldness region.
As you can see, this is mature (or "terminal") hair - very different from the fine (vellus) hair (or "peach fuzz") that can also grow on an otherwise completely bald scalp. This remnant hair might be grey or normal coloured, and can continue to grow throughout life despite baldness all around it. Ever wondered why this is? |
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Probably not, right?
And, unfortunately, this also seems to be the case amongst hair loss researchers - it appears that remnant hair is simply not considered significant enough to warrant any scientific attention.
But remnant hair does, in fact, give a significant clue to the real reason behind androgenetic alopecia...
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Skull bone growth (or skull expansion) is the mechanism that causes this condition. So, if you suffer from this type of hair loss, you really should find out how skull expansion is the root cause of your condition: Cick here to learn about skull expansion. Leave Androgenetic Alopecia page and go to Hair Loss Type index. Bookmark this page. Top of page |
