Types of baldness

Hair loss, or alopecia - a disease fibrous body cover, in which there are pockets in which there is hair loss. Causes of baldness can be varied nature and are suffering from the disease, men and women, but mostly after the age of 50. Types of baldness or alopecia, in medicine do not have a clear classification, but they are separated depending on the cause of the disease, in the form of flow.

Types of baldness because of illness such - androgenic alopecia, symptomatic, seborrheic, and premature alopecia. Androgenic alopecia occurs due to hormonal changes, namely the increasing levels of the hormone testosterone. Symptomatic baldness usually occurs as a complication of an illness of an infectious nature of acute or chronic course. Such diseases include, for example, syphilis. This type of alopecia can be successfully treated if timely detect signs of baldness and start therapy. Seborrheic alopecia occurs due to malfunction of the sebaceous glands of the skin of the human body cover, this type of baldness is also treatable. Premature alopecia - is the cause of balding men in 95% of cases of this disease. The causes of premature baldness are hormonal disorders, and there is this kind of baldness after the age of 20 years. Alopecia areata is a hair loss in small patches on the head, face. This balding nests are round shape and connected to each other, according to their proliferation. This type of baldness is also observed in children.