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loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers

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Alopecia androgenetica is a largely inherited condition that causes hair to thin gradually.

I could face cancer... but losing my hair terrified me; How the potential side-effects of chemotherapy treatment can be harder to bear than the illness itself for some sufferers

En Colombia se evidencia un vacio en el conocimiento de la morfologia y dimensiones de la linea de implantacion pilosa frontal, ya que no se dispone de estudios que aborden el tema; este conocimiento es util para valorar, graduar y tratar procesos que cursan con retroceso de la linea de implantacion como la alopecia frontal fibrosante y la alopecia androgenetica femenina de patron masculino (2,8,9); y tambien para lograr obtener resultados esteticos mas aceptables en los casos candidatos a reconstruccion quirurgica (10-15).

The Average Distance of the Frontal Hairline and its Structures in a Population of Colombian Women/Distancia promedio de la linea de implantacion pilosa frontal y sus estructuras en una poblacion de mujeres colombianas/Distancia media da linha pilosa frontal no enxerto e suas estruturas numa populacao de mulheres colombianas

reveals patch Other reasons women shed hair Hormones Alopecia androgenetica, or male-pattern baldness, is caused by an abnormal reaction to the hormone testosterone in women.

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