Male Pattern Baldness

The hairs are present in tiny pouches that are located just below the skin layer. It is in three years that hair completes its growth cycle.
With the passage of time the hair will fall out and new hair will grow from the same follicle. The growth of hair, shedding, and then its regrowth is something that occurs throughout the lifecycle of men.

But certain key factors influence this overall process.

• Genetics

According to medical studies, 95 % of hair loss in men is due to genetics. This mostly happens because of the person’s being genetically sensitive to the conversion of testosterone to DHT (Dihydrotestosterone).
With the presence of DHT, the hair follicles that are used to produce hair shrink over time. This causes a significant impact on the lifespan of the hair follicles. Thus, either the production of hair is stopped or fragile hair is produced. Most of the cases of male pattern baldness are because of the genes from their maternal or paternal side.

• Age

It can originate at any time during a male’s life. Male pattern baldness is not that disease that only attacks your scalp at a specific stage of your life. Male pattern baldness can affect any age group.
The stats even show that 25% of males tend to lose their hair during their teen years due to genetic sensitivity. At 35 years of age, 66% of the men have experienced hair loss one way or another. In the later years of their life, 85% of men have notably thin hair at their crown or temples.

• Poor Dietary Choices

Poor dietary choices are also one of the contributing factors towards receding hairline. Irregulated and over-the-top consumption of selenium and vitamin A can cause the thinning of hair both at the top of the head and sides.

Male Pattern Baldness Stages

There is a scale of male pattern baldness which is known as the Norwood scale. This is the scale that covers the issues from a thinning hairline to a bald head.

• Stage 1

This is the first stage of hair loss. In this, a person suffers from unnoticeable thinning of hair.

• Stage 2

In this stage, the receding hairline becomes slightly notable. The sideburns of the temples are the first victims of hair loss.

• Stage 3

Norwood stage 3 is a bit more visible and the receding hairline can take the shape of M or U.

• Stage 4

This is the stage where hair loss is much more visible than ever. Men lose a big chunk of their hair at this stage and the pattern of baldness progresses.

• Stage 5

At this stage of Norwood hair loss, most of the hair follicles have shrunk and the hair at the top of the head starts to thin.

• Stage 6

This stage is severe because a person has lost almost 80% of their hair and even the boundary lines of the crown and the vertex scalp have thinned.

• Stage 7

This is the most severe stage of male pattern baldness. A person would lose all of the hair and the few remaining ones will be thin and highly fragile.