A study of androgenetic alopecia, its association with common cutaneous disorders and behavioural parameters in men.

Male androgenetic alopecia (MAA, male pattern baldness) is the most common cause of hair loss in men. The hair loss is progressive. Gradual conversion of terminal hairs into vellus hairs occurs in a highly reproducible pattern, denudes the scalp and leads to baldness. While some degree of androgen dependent hair loss is universal after puberty, the prevalence of alopecia of sufficient severity to warrant a diagnosis of balding increases with advancing age. The morbidity of MAA is predominately psychological, although baldness is a significant risk factor for both melanoma and non­melanoma skin cancer of the scalp. MAA has a variable psychosocial impact on the affected individual, however premature MAA is more likely to cause emotional distress.it is important to study correlation between MAA and Psychiatric manifestations.