Babies are usually born without hair. Yet, as we age, more hair grows on our scalps — but only up until a certain point. Age-related hair loss, which affects both young and middle-aged adults, can be caused by a variety of different factors, including lifestyle,...
The Norwood scale, also commonly referred to as the Norwood-Hamilton scale, is a classification system for pattern hair loss (also known as androgenic alopecia). This type of hair loss is a progressive genetic and hormonal condition that results in eventual baldness...
If you’ve recently been diagnosed with androgenic alopecia, you’ve probably started to hear a lot of weird words thrown around – like ‘vertex’, ‘occiput’, or ‘forelock’. Whether you’ve read them on a minoxidil...
Humans have hairs – and hair follicles – all over their bodies. The long, clearly visible, darker hairs are known as terminal hairs. The short, thin, pale hairs that exist across bodies and faces are known as vellus hairs. You’ve probably heard of...
