Hair loss: What causes it and what can be done about it: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 85, No 6

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Men (and women) have sought remedies for baldness for more than 5,000 years. With today's emphasis on youth and virility, exemplified in large part by a full head of hair, prevention or reversal of baldness has become more important than ever. Interest has been enhanced by the recent release of products that appear to effectively reverse male pattern baldness in selected patients. In this article, Dr Burke explores the many pathologic and physiologic causes of hair loss and the medical and surgical treatments available.

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