Medical Terms for Male Pattern Baldness

Hair loss most commonly happens with males in the form of baldness or male pattern baldness. The hair will gradually and systematically get thinner. The medical condition for this is termed Androgenic Alopecia, male pattern baldness.

It usually occurs in adult males but some males can get it younger in the early 20's and even the male teenage years. Hair loss is usually genetically predetermined and it is not uncommon to see males even start to develop hair loss in this pattern baldness form as soon as puberty hits.

Another medical term is Alopecia Areata. This is an autoimmune disorder commonly called "spot baldness" that can result in hair loss ranging from just one location to many.