bald head
state where most or all of hair from the head has been lost or intentionally removed
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Summary
bald head is a class of disease[1]. It draws 3,864 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #220 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: hair diseases[3], hairstyle[4], hair anomaly[5], absence[6], disease[7]
- Commons category: Hair loss[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: S23[9]
- Has cause: alopecia[10], hypotrichosis[11], androgenic alopecia[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Baldness[13]
- Possible treatment: management of baldness[14]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[15], Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[16], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[17]
- ICD-9-CM: 704.0[18], 704.00[19], 704.09[20]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C50575[21]
- Different from: alopecia[22]
- Health specialty: dermatology[23]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: minoxidil[24], finasteride[25], dutasteride[26], tofacitinib[27]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_987[28], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:987[29], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002292[30], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002293[31], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_79364[32], https://johnfrankmd.com/male-pattern-baldness/[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[34]
- Comorbidity: seborrhoeic dermatitis[35]
Why It Matters
bald head has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]