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Androgenetic alopecia is a common form of hair loss in both men and women. In men, this condition is also known as male-pattern baldness. Hair is lost in a well-defined pattern, beginning above both temples.

Currently the field of surgical hair restoration is not regulated by either the U.S. government or the medical community. Any licensed physician can legally perform hair transplant surgery without any prior surgical training or accreditation of any kind.

Many factors contribute to hair loss. Some of them are hormonal changes, nutritional deficiency, mental and physical stress and various types medical conditions. One major cause of hair loss is problems with the thyroid.

The normal scalp contains approximately 100,000 hairs. They are constantly growing, with old hairs falling out and being replaced by new ones. Some cancer treatments will cause some people to lose some or all of their hair (alopecia).

A healthy individual loses around a hundred hairs a day. Nothing to worry about as long as they are constantly replaced and the losses occur evenly around the whole scalp. But when hair loss goes well beyond this level it can become quite a problem for those affected - not only superficially in terms of looks but also psychologically.

Chlorine in swimming pools can damage hair, but not necessarily make it fall out.

Men who take a drug to reduce hair loss may also be reducing their levels of P.S.A., a marker for prostate cancer.

Hair loss is probably the one thing that causes men more anxiety than anything else in their lives. A receding hairline or the arrival of a bald patch can have a dramatic effect on men's confidence and self-image.

One of the commonest forms of hair loss in women (and men) is a condition called telogen effluvium, in which there is a diffuse (or widely spread out) shedding of hairs around the scalp and elsewhere on the body.

Hair loss occurs for a great many reasons--from pulling it out to having it killed off by cancerchemotherapy. Some causes are considered natural, while others signal serious health problems.

Alopecia Areata is a hair loss condition characterized by the rapid onset of hair loss in a sharply defined area.

The medical term for hair loss is alopecia. Pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia), the most common type of alopecia, affects roughly one-third of men and women.

Understanding the cause of male pattern hair loss may better indicate exactly why it presently has no cure.

From prescription medications and hairpieces to laser hair loss treatment and specialized hair care product lines, it is difficult to determine which options are actually effective.

Hair loss due to disease, scarring and in particular, androgenetic alopecia, has troubled members of the human race since the dawn of history. A prescription for restoring hair is included in the Ebers papyrus of ancient Egypt which has been dated at 1800 B.C. (1)

In the past, hair restoration surgeons approached the Asian patient with hair loss with considerable hesitation.

The Strip Harvesting technique involves removing the follicular units to be transplanted as one group, from the donor area.

Follicular units (FU – grafts), FU’s are natural genetic groups of hair; each unit contains anything from one to four hairs, usually in the donor area they average out at 2.2 hairs per FU.

Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a derivative of the male hormone testosterone, is the enemy of hair follicles on your head.