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Article: What causes baldness, and how can it be prevented?(What's up, doc?)(Brief Article)
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- January 1, 2005
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Q: What causes baldness, and how can it be prevented?
Rich Pitarresi,
New Providence, R.I.
A: The medical term for baldness is androgenetic alopecia (ADA). It occurs when hair follicles--the tiny pockets in the scalp from which hair grows--shrink and no longer produce hair.
A hormone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT) makes the follicles shrink. Because men produce more DHT than women do, they are more apt to become bald. About ...
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