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If your once-thick hair is falling out in clumps, or if you've got bald patches peeking out from your scalp, you're not alone. More than 20 million women in the United States alone, 40 percent of them under age forty, are suffering from hair loss.Hair Loss On MenMale pattern baldness is a typical pattern of hair loss in men that is caused by genetics and hormones. Approximately 95 percent of all men who suffer some degree of hair loss do so because of male pattern baldness otherwise known as androgenetic alopecia. Hair Growth Phases1) AnagenGrowth Phase - Approximately 85 percent of the hair on your head is in the growing phase at any given time. This phase can last 2 to 6 years. Hair can grown at the rate of approximately 5 inches per year and any individual hair is unlikely to grow more than one yard long. 2) CatagenTransitional phase. When the Anagen growth phase comes to an end, hair enters into a Catagen phase which lasts about one or two weeks. During this transitional phase, the hair follicle shrinks to about 1/6th of the normal diameter.It is known that at least 95% of hair loss in men is linked to no other cause of hair loss than androgenetic alopecia, more commonly known as male pattern baldness. This inherited condition results in a growing bald area on top of the head and a receding hairline.Androgenetic alopecia is the result of having too much of a testosterone byproduct called dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in the body. DHT may actually be beneficial in younger, growing males but too much of it in adults can be a cause of hair loss. DHT can be a cause of hair loss by attaching to hair follicles and cutting off the blood supply. Hair follicles therefore begin to shrink, making the growth of new hair strands impossible.Female Pattern BaldnessFemale pattern baldness is actually so common that 1 in 4 women have the condition. The reason why it may not be obvious in women is that female pattern baldness does not result in whole patches of hair falling off. Instead, female baldness is characterized by thinning areas near the front of the scalp or hairline or generally thinning hair on the entire scalp.