Baldness and hair loss are perceived as primarily a male affliction in our society. Which makes it all the more devastating to a woman's self-esteem when she starts to lose her hair. It's not supposed to happen, but it does, much more often than you might think...



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Wednesday March 31, 2004

Q: Is there such a thing as female pattern hair loss?

A: Though hair loss is more common and usually more dramatic in men, it is not strictly a male concern. Approximately 25 percent to 30 percent of women suffer from a condition known as female pattern hair loss. Dr. Bernard Nusbaum, a hair restoration surgeon in Miami, says it's quite different from male pattern hair loss....

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Posted on Tue, Mar. 09, 2004

New Method Might Be Ready In 4 Years

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Treatments for baldness currently include shampoos, medications and transplants, but hair cloning could soon be a new option.

Hair Cloning Could Be New Option

According to doctors, cloning would solve the one problem currently created by transplants -- a shortage of hair to transplant.

"Supply and demand," Dr. Ken Washenik, of Bosley Medical, said. "Do you have the supply to meet the demand that you have?"....

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POSTED: 3:04 pm CST February 20, 2004

When the advertising slogan "Be Like Mike" caught America's fancy, it wasn't because every man decided to go for the Michael Jordan look by reaching for a razor and shaving his head..., Sure, men like Jordan, Charles Barkley, and "Star Trek's" Patrick Stewart are part of a small minority who are proud of their baldness. But combating and covering up hair loss hasn't turned into an estimated $1 billion-a-year industry because Americans like the idea of hair collecting in the shower drain...

From: The Hair Dr

I am amazed at the lack of knowledge and the total rubbish that is posted on them. Male pattern hair loss is genetical and triggered by androgens (testosterone, DHT, androstenedione and DHEAsulphate etc)at puberty. The rate is detemined by the persons genetics, and cannot be stopped by shampoos, herbs or any other non-prescriptive medication, no matter what you are told...