What happens in baldness? What is miniaturization?
When hair falls out in typical male baldness, it is not a normal hair that falls. In the balding process, the hairs on the top of the head go through shorter and shorter anagen cycles. With each cycle, the diameter of the hair shaft becomes progressively less in diameter. Eventually the hair in the balding area becomes so thin that it vanishes. The process is called miniaturization. But, regardless of how much hair is lost on top, no significant miniaturization takes place the area of the back and side horseshoe. Surprisingly, 50% of scalp hair must be lost before it is ever noticed!
