It remains to be seen if JAK inhibitors can reawaken hair follicles that have been suspended in a resting state because
of androgenetic alopecia (which causes male and female pattern baldness) or other forms of hair loss.
Not exact matches
Female - pattern hair loss, called androgenic or
androgenetic alopecia, is basically the female version
of male pattern baldness.
«The occipital hair samples
of patients with diffuse alopecia and the frontal hair counts
of those with
androgenetic alopecia also showed an increase
of anagen hair, but differences were not significant.»
Androgenetic alopecia is a common hereditary form
of hair loss in both men and women.
Further, you'll discover how scientific research has indicated its possible use as an inhibitor
of PGD2, a compound found to be present in overabundance within the scalps
of men with
androgenetic alopecia.
Researchers were also interested in the levels
of PGD2 present in men with
androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and those without.
Given my age and postmenopausal state, the absence
of any thyroid issues (I am going to go to my grave insisting that I have an undiagnosed thyroid disorder), and in spite
of the fact that I can find no bald spots in my family tree, my dermatologist has decided I may have the female version
of male pattern baldness called
androgenetic alopecia.