有声双语阅读 | 女性会像男性一样秃顶吗？

When you think of hair loss you probably think of men, unless that is, you are one of the twenty million women in the U.S. who suffer from hair loss.

当你想到脱发时，多半出现的形象都是男性脱发，除非你是美国两千万脱发女性中的一员。

Though hair loss in men is a common subject for television commercials as well as fodder for television sitcoms, women's hair loss is so stigmatized it's hardly talked about at all.

尽管男性脱发是电视广告的常见主题，也是电视情景喜剧的素材，但女性脱发却被污名化，几乎没有人谈论。

The most common form of hair loss in women is Androgenetic Alopecia or what is known as female pattern baldness. It accounts for over ninety-five percent of incidents of hair loss in women. And like male pattern baldness it has a large genetic predisposition, and it involves androgen and DHT.

女性最常见的脱发形式是雄激素源性脱发或者说是所谓的女性型脱发。它占女性脱发事件的95%以上。和男性秃头一样，它有很大的遗传倾向，涉及雄激素和二氢睾酮。

Androgen is a male hormone that all men and women produce. Androgen in turn produces a chemical called dihydrotestosterone, more easily remembered as DHT. DHT in excess causes hair follicles to make thinner and thinner hair until they eventually stop making hair altogether.

雄激素是一种男性荷尔蒙，所有男性和女性都会产生。雄激素反过来产生一种叫做二氢睾酮的化学物质，更容易被记住为DHT。二氢睾酮过量会导致毛囊的头发越来越稀薄，直到最终完全停止生长。

A significant difference between women's and men's hair loss though is that women don't typically get bald spots or receding hairlines, but they more often experience a general thinning of their hair. Some women do lose hair, but at the top of the heads and at the sides.

然而，女性和男性脱发的一个显著区别是，女性通常不会出现秃斑或发际线后退，但她们更经常经历的是头发普遍稀疏。有些女性确实会掉头发，但只是在头顶和两侧。

Another difference is that male pattern baldness can begin at puberty whereas female pattern baldness usually begins around the age of thirty, and it often gets worse with the onset of menopause. There are treatments out there, but one should be wary of phonies and of products that work for men, but can be harmful to women. As usual, it's wise to consult a physician about treatment.

另一个不同之处在于，男性的脱发可以在青春期开始，而女性的脱发通常在30岁左右开始，而且随着更年期的开始，情况会变得更糟。有一些治疗方法，但人们应该警惕那些对男性有效，但对女性有害的产品。像往常一样，咨询医生治疗是明智的。