Hair Loss Weighing on Your Mind? 'Gravity Theory' May Explain Male Pattern Baldness
'Simplified' Theory Explains Conflicting Findings in Androgenic Alopecia, Says Paper in PRS Global OpenArlington Heights, Ill. (October 29, 2013) – The effects of gravity may explain the apparently paradoxical effects of testosterone in male pattern baldness, or androgenic alopecia (AGA), according to a special topic paper in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open® , the official open-access medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The "force of downward pull caused by the gravity on the scalp skin"