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Description of disease:

Androgenic alopecia is a hair loss which occurs in adults, especially males. Some doctors find it an ordinary sign of aging, the others blame genes for that.

Female androgenic alopecia occurs mainly around head and at the crown of the head, hair becomes greasy very often. In women the disease occurs after or during the menopause.

A sign of male androgenic alopecia is a thinner hair which start above the temples and form M letter shape of partial baldness. The hair recedes and progresses to complete baldness.

The cure for androgenic alopecia has not been discovered yet.

Symptoms:


baldness
weight gain



Research:


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Doctors :


Dermatologist





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Bibliography: Fisalli, G. Guide to Medical Cures and Treatments, 1996

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