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On average about 50 percent of men start losing hair when they are past the age of 40, and for some, the onset of balding is even earlier. About 80 percent of Caucasian men will bald with growing age,...

Alopecia is a general medical term that is used to refer to all forms of hair loss. It’s an old Greek word and originally meant a fox suffering from mange, a canid skin disease that among other ...

The slow balding that affects most men with advancing age is called pattern hair loss or, in clinical terms, androgenic alopecia. It’s an inherited disease that affects 50 percent of men, typica...

The American Academy of Dermatologists says that normal daily hair loss is in the order of 50 – 100, whereas other experts say that the normal range extends up to 150 strands of hair per day. Th...

Let’s admit it: as good as all the hair on your head may look, it’s of little actual use for your health and survival, other than providing a little insulation and shading — a job an...

95 percent of baldness in men older than 40 happens because of genetic factors. This is called male pattern hair loss and the clinical term is androgenic alopecia.  It’s an inherited condit...

Most hair loss is genetically inherited and not a result of external factors.  In fact, 95 percent of hair loss in men older than 40 is a genetic condition called androgenic alopecia or, in plain...

Dandruff refers to the flaking of the scalp’s skin, which often is accompanied by itchiness. It happens when skin cells on the scalp reproduce too quickly and old cells are shed in high frequenc...