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Please tell me, could baldness be caused because of high chlosterol?

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No: Common male pattern baldness is genetically programmed -- the more hairy-chested the young man, the faster male pattern baldness evolves. Look around you. The other forms of hair loss (fungal infections, alopecia areata, telogen effluvium) aren't related to cholesterol.

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Answered 3/2/2014

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