Androgenic Alopecia is also known as male pattern baldness,hereditary balding, and androgenetic alopecia. It is the most common form of hair loss. It has a higher incidence in men than in women mainly due to sex hormones.

Androgenic Alopecia is described as thinning of the hair on the scalp as opposed to follicular hair loss. Male pattern hair loss usually doesn’t present itself until after puberty when the male hormones are elevated. This is when someone with a genetic predisposition to balding will start to notice their hair thinning. Studies have shown that around half of all caucasian men over the age of 40 experience some form of hair loss. The occurence and severity in other cultures seems to be much lower, but still present.

Androgens, specifically testosterone and dihydrotestosterone or DHT, are necessary to activate the genes in the scalp to create hair loss. Your genes modify the way the scalp responds to circulating androgens in the blood.

Three key features of alopecia include: Follicular miniaturization. Hair follicles are full of androgen receptors and when androgens are present, genes that shorten the anagen phase are activated. Then the follicles may shrink or become miniaturized. Eventually the follicles shrink and nonpigmented vellus hairs replace pigmented terminal hairs. Males with alopecia have a reduction in terminal to vellus hair ratio and exhibit typical distribuion of hair loss. Areas of inflammation. It is widely believed that a variety of genetic and environmental factors contribute to androgenic alopecia. Even though researchers are hard at work studying the many possibilities, most of these remain unknown. Many scientists point to the maternal side of the equation for the link to the balding gene, but there seems to be conflicting evidence. There are other genes found to be involved with hair loss as well. In 2009, Japanese researchers identified a gene called Sox21, which they say is responsible for hair loss in people.

Scientists are just beginning to discover the complex map of the human genome. Mapping this enormous puzzle will take decades, so any evidence of the gene or genes responsible for hair loss won’t be completely evident for years to come.

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Peyronie’s is a disease that causes a curvature of the penis. Peyronies causes slight to severe curvatures that are seen during arousal. The condition was first discovered in Italy during the rang of King Louis the 16th.

Peyronie may be a natural genetic condition or a result of injury. The bend is caused by a form of scar tissue that over time amasses and forces the penis into an unnatural curve.

The normal tissue in the penis is capable of elongating and expanding with ease. With Peyronie’s disease an area of that tissue is replaced with a kind of scar tissue known as plaque that does not expand and places a great deal of pressure on that area of the penis when erect, thus causing sometimes painful and unnatural bends.

AS stated the initial cause of the condition is unknown what is known however is the first stages of Peyronie’s disease. It begins with a small amount of scar tissue within the shaft of the penis that forms a round ball of tissue that invades the healthy tissue in its surrounding., eventually replacing the healthy tissue with plaque.

Beyond the unsightly bend of the penis effects of Peyronie’s diseases may include: impotence, pain during arousal and should the curve of the penis be at an unusual angle penetration may be hindered.

Peyronie’s disease if now fully treatable with the use of either surgery or the wiser, safer approach is to use the new traction device invented by a group of physicians on Norway to correct the problem.. It is now FDA approved and offers a safe comfortable way of forcing the scar tissue to break down over the span of a few months allowing for normal healthy tissue to take its place. Sid effects include a lengthening and thickening of the penis.