Do clogged follicles contribute to pattern baldness?
Many treatments for hair loss claim that getting rid of the “sebum plugs” that clog the follicles will free up the hair that is trying to escape from the base of the follicle. This does sound plausible and it is a nice image: an imprisoned little hair trying to evade that bad old sebum plug. There is the possibility that a few follicles may be plugged up with sebum, but a few non-functioning follicles do not equal pattern baldness. Clogged follicles definitely are not even a minor contributor to hair loss.
