Baldness is the partial or total absence to; hair in the scalp. Some thinning of the scalp hair take place as a normal part of the process of aging. However, many types of abnormal hair loss also occur. Some kinds of baldness involve only a thinning of the hakr from one small area of the scalp. But in the most common type, called male pattern baldness, a man loses much or all of the hair …showed first 75 words of 381 total…

…showed last 75 words of 381 total…removes plugs of the scalp that contain growing hair. The plugs are then transplanted to the bald areas. In addition, clinical trials have ahown that treatment with a special drug stimulates hair growth in some individuals with baldness. This drug, which has the trade name ^Rogaine^, was approved in 1988 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of baldness. It must be applied to the scalp twice daily to maintain hair growth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**