| TITLE |
TRANSCUTANEOUS PO2 OF THE SCALP IN MALE PATTERN BALDNESS; A NEW
PIECE TO THE PUZZLE |
| ABSTRACT FROM: |
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, May 1996, p.96 |
| AUTHOR |
Goldman, Fisher, Ringler |
| THE ARTICLE TALKS ABOUT: |
- This article evaluates whether male pattern baldness is
associated with a deficiency in oxygen supply to body tissue and deficiency in
microvascular activity (ie: blood circulation)
- The research involved participants who are suffering from male
pattern baldness and a control group consisting of participants with no male pattern
baldness. The following findings were obtained:
- Noticeable differences in scalp temperatires were not found
between the participants with male pattern baldness and the control group (ie:
participants with no male pattern baldness).
- Participants with male pattern baldness were found to have
significantly higher temporal scalp blood circulation than frontal scalp blood
circulation. Such differences in blood circulation were not found in the control group.
- In participants with male pattern baldness, it was found that
transcutaneous (ie: penetration) PO2 was a lot lower in bald frontal scalp than in
hair-bearing temporal scalp area. Such differences in transcutaneous PO2 were not found in
the control group.
- The research also reported that there is some kind of tissue
hypoxis (ie: deficiency in oxygen supply in body tissue) in bald scalp compared to
hair-bearing scalp.
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