Alopecia causes hair loss in different parts of the body and it does so in different ways. Here we explain the difference between alopecia androgenetic and alopecia areata.<\/p>\n
Alopecia androgenetic<\/strong> Alopecia androgenetic in men can be caused by coronary heart disease or enlargement of the prostate, while in women, a hormonal imbalance known as polycystic ovary syndrome is often the cause.<\/p>\n Alopecia areata<\/strong> Alopecia areata is an auto-immune disorder, which means that your body\u2019s immune system is treating your hair follicles as if they are foreign bodies, attacking them. It does not kill the hair follicles however, merely hampering hair growth, so hair can grow back eventually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alopecia causes hair loss in different parts of the body and it does so in different ways. Here we explain the difference between …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1592,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis is a relatively common condition in both men and women, often referred to as \u2018pattern baldness\u2019. It can lead to complete baldness in men, but this is much less likely in women who will ordinarily experience general hair thinning over their entire head.<\/p>\n
\nThis condition tends to manifest itself in patches of hair loss. They are generally round and ordinarily on the head, although they can appear in other parts of the body.<\/p>\n