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Article: Blame it on your sebaceous glands. (cause of baldness)
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- Science News
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- May 17, 1986
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Blame it on your sebaceous glands
Sebaceous glands may be at the root of shiny pates, according to University of Miami (Fla.) researchers. The glands, which are adjacent to hair follicles and produce a protective coating for the skin and scalp, are physiologically different in bald men, they found.
Some people--including bald men--suggest that baldness is a sign of virility, believing that conventional male balding is caused by an excess of testosterone. But such balding, which begins in 40 percent of men between the ages of 18 and 39, is actually the result of an increased ability to use testosterone and not an increase of testosterone per se, says ...