sodium-ethylxanthate and Alopecia

In order to investigate some of the relationships between age concealment and gender, 269 adults completed on anonymous questionnaire dealing with signs of aging and the use of techniques to conceal them. Although most of the signs of aging were considered unattractive for both males and females, aging women were seen as particularly unappealing. More women than men were expected to use age concealment techniques and female subjects were indeed more likely to use them. Both men and women who concealed their age were likely to be judged harshly by others, although individuals indicated a willingness to use age concealment techniques themselves. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that there are two different double standards of aging, one indicating that aging is judged differently depending on the gender of the person doing the judging and the target, and one indicating that people may judge the use of age concealment techniques more harshly in others than in themselves.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Alopecia; Attitude; Body Constitution; Body Image; Chemexfoliation; Cosmetics; Esthetics; Female; Hair; Hair Color; Hair Dyes; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Self Concept; Sex; Skin Aging; Tretinoin

Topics: Adult; Alopecia; Anodontia; Ectodermal Dysplasia; Female; Humans; Karyotyping; Male; Middle Aged; Sex; Sweat Glands

Topics: Alopecia; Cholesterol; Corn Oil; Dermatitis; Dietary Fats; Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; Growth; Lipid Metabolism; Neurologic Manifestations; Oils; Rats; Research; Sex; Sterols

Human hair is one of the structures of the body about which little is generally known. Disease affecting the hair is often minimized or ignored by physicians because of lack of knowledge of this rudimentary organ. However, the patient's attitude toward hair loss is very different from the doctor's and he feels great concern about such loss. The development, growth and morphology of human hair are briefly presented. Experimental work which will increase our knowledge of hair growth and loss is reviewed. The various forms of physiological alopecia from birth onward are discussed, with special emphasis on the least-known type of physiological baldness, "male-pattern baldness" in the adult female.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Alopecia; Female; Genetics, Medical; Gonadal Steroid Hormones; Growth; Hair; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Knowledge; Male; Parturition; Physicians; Physiology; Sex

Topics: Adipose Tissue; Alopecia; Aortic Diseases; Atrophy; Calcinosis; Cockayne Syndrome; Coronary Disease; Dihydrotachysterol; Emaciation; Kidney Diseases; Kyphosis; Muscular Atrophy; Osteosclerosis; Pathology; Pharmacology; Progeria; Rats; Research; Sex; Sex Characteristics; Skin Diseases; Tooth Abnormalities; Toxicology

Topics: Alopecia; Dermatitis Herpetiformis; Female; Genetics, Medical; Humans; Incontinentia Pigmenti; Pigmentation Disorders; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Sex; Virus Diseases