Female-pattern baldness

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Female-pattern baldness

Photograph showing female-pattern baldness

Female-pattern baldness typically starts with scalp hairs becoming progressively finer and shorter as you age. Many women first experience hair thinning and hair loss where they part their hair and on the top-central portion of the head.
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