Gina Sametini, age 12, of Utica, N.Y., for her question:
WHY DO PEOPLE GET BALD?
When your hair falls out and does not grow back, you're bald. While it can happen to anyone, the odds are in favor of it happening only to the male members of the population. Baldness may begin early in the 20s and even in the teens occasionally. But usually the condition is associated with the middle years of a man's life, although many are never bothered by baldness.
We do not know the exact cause of most cases of baldness, although we do indeed know that sex, age and heredity play their parts. About 95 percent of all cases occur with the male who is middle age and who had a balding father and grandfather.
Although a few girls become bald, most just suffer from a thinning of the hair in their later years. wigs can easily solve the problem.
Baldness with the male usually starts at the temples and with a receding hairline. Sometimes it starts at the crown, forming a bald area toward the back of the head. The bald spot on top and the receding hairline may then meet and leave only a thin fringe of hair around the head.
Temporary baldness has been known to happen as a result of certain infections and scalp disorders. when the disease is terminated and the problem solved, normal growth of hair will start.
Treatments and formulas that report to be able to either prevent baldness or regrow hair are a waste of money because they are ineffective. Baldness, whether we like it or not, is permanent and incurable. only one method, the transplanting of hair through surgical procedure, can change a person's baldness. ,
A temporary bald spot has been found with some babies, caused by friction as the head is rubbed against the bedding.
The hairs break off close to the scalp, giving the head a bald look. This is just a temporary condition and one that will solve itself as the baby grows older.
A most unusual form of baldness is called alopecia areata. This is a disease in which patches of hair suddenly fall out, causing bald spots on the scalp. The cause of this distressing condition isn't known, and there is no cure. However, alopecia areata doesn't usually last too long and the hair generally grows back.