Determining whether you have androgenetic alopecia can be done through clinical symptoms, family history, and differential diagnosis.
1. Clinical symptoms: androgenetic alopecia often develops during puberty, manifested as progressive hair thinning, shedding, sparse, male patients mainly forehead, bilateral sideburns, hairline backward, forehead becomes high to form a “high forehead”, M-shaped baldness; women’s symptoms are milder, mostly for the top of the head hair gradually become thin, sparse.
2. Family history: androgenetic alopecia is often caused by heredity, if the immediate family members have androgenetic alopecia, then their offspring will often also have androgenetic alopecia.
3. Differential diagnosis: It is also necessary to exclude alopecia areata, baldness and other diseases caused by hair loss.
It is recommended that if patients suspect androgenetic alopecia, they should go to a regular hospital in time and follow the doctor’s instructions, so as not to delay the condition.