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Article: Baldness.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- September 21, 2005
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IN the vast majority of cases, bald-ness is a natural process. Baldness tends to run in families, on either the mother or father's side. The usual pattern is for the front hairline to recede while hair thins at the top of the head. In some men these balding areas eventually meet, and continued thinning may eventually occur over the whole scalp.
Baldness or loss of hair is referred to as alopecia. Alopecia totalis means loss of all the scalp hair. Alopecia universalis means loss of all body hair, including eyebrows and eyelashes. When the hair falls out in patches, it is termed alopecia areata.
Factors that are involved in hair loss include heredity, ...