Androgenetic Alopecia:
Why Does It Affect
Both Men And Women?

This condition is better known as male pattern baldness (MPB) or female pattern baldness (FPB). It can also be called androgenic alopecia. In this picture you can see 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.

MPB always follows what seems to be a pre-set area (or pattern) of loss within the scalp. For men, this eventually gives rise to the final outcome shown above. But, for women, Androgenetic alopecia normally appears as diffuse thinning on the crown of the scalp. This 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 as well as men because they too produce testosterone (albeit at much lower levels).