Making Sense of Hair Loss

What does MPHL look like?

MPHL can follow a number of different patterns but in most cases, the hairline begins to recede at the front and sides and/or hair is lost from the top of the head, leading to a bald patch at the crown. Gradually, the bald area increases and eventually, many men with MPHL are left with a narrow horseshoe-shaped band of hair around the back and sides of the head.^3,16

The Norwood-Hamilton scale of male-pattern baldness

With MPHL, the actual rate of hair loss varies. Some men go completely bald in less than 5 years but for most, the process is much slower and hair loss occurs gradually over 15-25 years.⁵