Androgenic alopecia is a hair loss in specific patterns depending on circulating androgen in genetically susceptible men and women with different phenotype indications. A metabolic syndrome is a group of metabolic disorders such as glucose intolerance, insulin resistance (IR), central obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. This publication synopsis highlights on results of the study carried out to investigate the relationship between androgen alopecia and metabolic syndrome. Androgenic alopecia (AGA) is a specific pattern hair loss which depends on circulating androgen in genetically predisposed men and women.
Around 80% of men suffers from androgenic alopecia by the age of 70. In women, the percentage is considerably low till the age of 50 and found to be around 1-2%. But it increases from 2% to 40% by the age of 70 years. The etiological factors are found to be same for men and…
