Male patterned baldness

Male patterned baldness, medically termed androgenetic alopecia in men, is a progressive, nonscarring form of hair loss affecting the scalp’s pilosebaceous units in postpubertal males

Male patterned baldness, medically termed androgenetic alopecia in men, is a progressive, nonscarring form of hair loss affecting the scalp’s pilosebaceous units in postpubertal males Over successive hair cycles, large pigmented terminal hairs are replaced by fine, hypopigmented vellus hairs

Driven by genetic predisposition and heightened hair follicle sensitivity to androgens—principally dihydrotestosterone—the condition involves a shortening of the anagen growth phase and progressive follicular miniaturization It characteristically manifests in a predictable distribution, typically beginning with bitemporal hairline recession that produces an M-shaped pattern, often accompanied by thinning and eventual alopecia at the vertex and mid-frontal scalp

Driven by genetic predisposition and heightened hair follicle sensitivity to androgens—principally dihydrotestosterone—the condition involves a shortening of the anagen growth phase and progressive follicular miniaturization

Over successive hair cycles, large pigmented terminal hairs are replaced by fine, hypopigmented vellus hairs It characteristically manifests in a predictable distribution, typically beginning with bitemporal hairline recession that produces an M-shaped pattern, often accompanied by thinning and eventual alopecia at the vertex and mid-frontal scalp

It characteristically manifests in a predictable distribution, typically beginning with bitemporal hairline recession that produces an M-shaped pattern, often accompanied by thinning and eventual alopecia at the vertex and mid-frontal scalp