| Learn the facts on Baldness - Male Pattern Baldness - | | | | papilla to be released from the epidermal investment. |
| Female Baldness, and the cures What is Baldness: | | | | Normal hair growth occurs at the rate of 0.33 mm a |
| Baldness is the lack of hair where it would normaly | | | | day. New hairs are produced by the forming of a new |
| grow, especially on the head. The most common form | | | | follicle and hair shaft pushing out the club hair. |
| of baldness is called: Male Pattern and Female Pattern | | | | What causes Baldness: The most common type of |
| Baldness. | | | | baldness or hair loss (98%) in men and women is |
| Hair Information: A Hair is composed of a substance | | | | 'androgenetic alopecia'. 'androgenetic alopecia' shows |
| called keratin, and is essentially a collection of dead | | | | more prevalence in white males, with 96% of white |
| cells which are the product of the hair follicle. The hair | | | | males having some degree of male pattern |
| follicle has two layers, the dermal layer and the | | | | androgenetic alopecia by age 62. It was originally |
| epidermal layer. The life cycle of the hair begins with | | | | thought that 'androgenetic alopecia' was passed down |
| the anagen phase which is a period of growth when | | | | as a trait in the male, and as a trait in the female. It is |
| the follicular cells are multiplying and keratinizing, this | | | | now felt that 'androgenetic alopecia' follows a |
| lasts 2-6 years. The involutional phase begins when the | | | | polygenic inheritance and that possession of more |
| follicle involutes and migrates closer to surface (club | | | | 'androgenetic alopecia' genes makes someone more |
| hair). The telogen phase describes a resting period that | | | | likely to become bald. |
| lasts approximately 100 days allowing the dermal | | | | |