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January 2015 in “DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)”
There's no link between hair loss type androgenic alopecia and benign prostatic hyperplasia, but early hair loss and family history can mean more severe alopecia.
July 2007 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature”
The BASP classification is a detailed system for categorizing hair loss in both men and women, but it may be complex for beginners and not fully suitable for grading female hair loss.
The document explains how hair loss patterns in men and women, known as Androgenetic alopecia, are classified using the Hamilton-Norwood system for men and the Ludwig grade system for women.
A 32-year-old man has been treating his hair loss with daily oral finasteride (1.25g), twice-daily topical minoxidil, weekly ketoconazole 2% shampoo, and weekly microneedling for almost three months, with no side effects from finasteride. He started with a HamiltonNorwood scale rating of 5 and has seen improvement without experiencing pain by using a 0.8mm needle length for microneedling.