Spanish and British scientists have confirmed that there is a clear relationship between suffering from premature alopecia , also known as androgenic alopecia or common baldness, and a non-malignant growth in the size of the prostate that appears in men after a certain age called benign prostatic hyperplasia. (HBP). Both disorders appear to be linked to an excess of the hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
As the authors explain in an article published in The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology , androgenic alopecia is the most common baldness, and occurs much more in men than in women. It has a hereditary component and progressively evolves without treatment. For its part, benign hyperplasia is also the most common prostate disease, causing abnormal and disorderly growth of the glands that are in direct contact with the urethra. This results in the formation of a benign tumor that obstructs the flow of urine, causing voiding syndrome or the need to urinate many times. And as they have been able to verify by collecting data from patients suffering from premature alopecia, this tendency of the prostate to grow is much greater when men lose their hair, the experts conclude.
