The most common form of hair loss is androgenetic alopecia, and somewhere in the region of 98 per cent of men who experience balding find out that it is due to this most common cause of hair loss. This type of alopecia in men is known as male pattern baldness, but it is not just males experience this normal hair loss condition. The same proportion of women experience hair loss as men, but female pattern baldness expresses itself as a general thinning of the hair rather than a balding crown and receding hair line at the temples as seen in men. This condition is genetic, and is not thought to be affected by outside influences or changes in external factors such as stress or illness whatsoever. Treatments for this type of balding are more readily available for men than women due to the hormones contained within the medication, some of which promote facial hair growth.