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Article: Men, women & hair loss
- Article from:
- Dermatology Times
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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Fine-tuning our understanding of androgenetic alopecia
Barcelona - Questions rather than answers seem to have enveloped the current understanding of androgenetic alopecia, according to Andrew G. Messenger, M.D., FRCP.
"We have a reasonable understanding of the broad aspects of androgenetic alopecia and the role of male hormones, their metabolism, and possibly where they are acting. We don't understand yet the genetic reasons why some people go bald and some people don't. We also don't fully understand why hair follicles on the scalp tend to get smaller in response to androgens, whereas elsewhere on the body, on the beard, for example, they get bigger," said Dr. Messenger, department of ...