- Ludwig Classification for Women
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- In addition to the Ludwig scale for female pattern baldness, Olsen in 1999 graded female hair loss into 3 stages based on a frontal accentuation pattern in which the hair loss was more profound in the frontal region that gradually tapered back toward less hair loss in the occiput when viewed with a central hair part.
- In stage 2, there is both frontal accentuation that can be more severe than in stage 1 and mixed with diffuse hair loss.
- This pattern of hair loss resembles a Christmas tree when viewed with the patient looking down, and according to Olsen accounts for 70% of female pattern loss.
- In stage 1, there is mild to moderate frontal accentuation loss.
- In stage 3, the loss is so severe that only diffuse thinning is principally noted.
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