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Androgenic alopecia is not restricted to men and even affects one in five women
, warns Dr. Pierre Bouhanna, dermatologist, exclusive scalp surgeon and consultant at Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris.
This phenomenon linked to heredity and also to hormonal variations most often occurs at the time of menopause, but can also appear after pregnancy or after the five years following hormone therapy treatments for breast cancer.
In any case, the hair renewal cycle slows down, the latter grow finer and in a disseminated way.
While, in men, the hair is clearly impoverished at the level of the gulfs and the tonsure, in women, it is sparse and balding mainly on the top of the skull.
This can become a real problem for some, sometimes influencing morale and self-confidence.
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