Hamilton-Norwood Baldness Scale and Solutions

It was James Hamilton who in 1951 established a first classification of baldness based on the description of 7 evolutionary stages of alopecia, however, this scale would not be the definitive one because, in the future, it would evolve. Later, in 1975 O'Tar Norwood revised this classification and introduced some variants to arrive at a more detailed scale of baldness. androgenetic alopecia (o androgenic alopecia). Thereafter, the classification of the baldness in men under these parameters, it has become an obligatory reference for professionals who are dedicated to the hair treatments y against baldness.

This scale, reproduced below, allows us to classify the different types of baldness and to focus the different therapeutic guidelines.

We can summarize the Hamilton-Norwood scale for measuring alopecia in men as:

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TYPE I - II:

Initial baldness in the frontal area localized or generalized if it progresses.

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TYPE III - IV:

Medium baldness that is located in the anterior area and in the upper part of the head and crown where it advances the most.

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TYPE V:

Extensive baldness and extensive drooping with limits.

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TYPE VI - VII:

Severe baldness and almost generalized loss of hair
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"The typical development of androgenic alopecia begins in the frontal and upper areas of the head and is the result of an inherited predisposition that causes abnormal hair loss due to the action of androgens."

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