Article: What causes baldness, and how can it be prevented?(What's up, doc?)(Brief Article)

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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