GRADING IN ANDROGENIC ALOPECIA

ALOPECIA ANDROGENETICA

• ‘COMMON BALDNESS’ / PATTERN ALOPECIA

PATTERNED LOSS OF HAIR WITH INCREASING AGE IN GENERICALLY PREDISPOSED INDLs

• POLYGENIC INHERITANCE

(STRESS-DIATHESIS MODEL)

ANDROGENIC + GENETIC

TYPES OF AGA

• MALE PATTERN BALDNESS (70%)

• FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS (40%)

GRADING : MPB

NORWOOD-HAMILTON SCALE (1970)

BOUHANA SCALE (1976)

NORWOOD-HAMILTON SCALE

• Dr JAMES HAMILTON (1950s)• Dr O’TAR NORWOOD (1970s)

STAGES I – VII

VARIANTS - ANTERIOR (A) & VERTICAL (V)

BOUHANA SCALE

• Dr PIERRE BOUHANA (1976)

Modified Norwood-Hamilton Scale

RAPID ASSESSMENT & SCORING

GRADING : FPHL

LUDWIG SCALE ( I – III) 1977 OLSEN SCALE 1999

SAVIN SCALE ( I - V ) 1994

GAN – SINCLAIR ( I – V ) 2006

NORWOOD-HAMILTON SCALE (RARE)

BASIS OF GRADING

LUDWIG SCALE (1977)

OLSEN SCALE (1999)

OLSEN SCALE (1999)

SINCLAIR SCALE (2006)

SAVIN SCORE (1994)

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