Male Pattern Baldness
Male pattern baldness is one of the most common types of hair loss that develops in most men at some stage of their life, with 20% of men experiencing some hair loss by age twenty, 30% experiencing hair loss by thirty and so on. The condition is sometimes called androgenetic alopecia and it usually takes 15-25 years to go bald. However, some men will go bald in fewer than five years.
Male pattern hair loss can begin one of two ways; it either starts with a recession at the temples, or a thinning to the crown of the head, where hair can thin over a large area without a specific change in hairline. In some cases this can be followed by further gradual thinning, followed by a complete expose of the scalp on the top.
A trichologist uses a system called the ‘Hamilton-Norwood Scale’ to assess the extent of hair loss, which is the leading classification system used to measure the extent of male pattern baldness. Men generally lose their hair in one of several common patterns and the Norwood Scale provides easy to reference images that show the different stages of balding. This then allows us to offer a treatment plan to meet your individual needs and monitor to assess how effective the treatment is for you.
