Primer on Alopecia Areata
Baldness has many origins. One is alopecia areata. (By the way, my baldness is good old fashioned male pattern.) There’s a good primer at Wikipedia.org. An excerpt:
Alopecia areata is thought to be an autoimmune disease in which the body mistakenly treats its hair follicles as foreign tissue and suppresses or stops hair growth. It is not contagious but may be hereditary - there are a few recorded cases of babies being born with congenital alopecia areata. Stress has not been proven to be a crucial factor.
Here’s a link to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation website.
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