Relationship between Hair Loss and Temperament in Patients with Alopcia Androgenic

BackgroundAndrogenic alopecia is one of the most common hair loss problems in men and women. Based on the symptoms, this type of hair loss can be compared to "Sale" in Persian medicine texts. The aim of study is evaluation the relationship between temperament and androgenic alopecia in patients referred to the skin clinic in 2019.Materials and methodsThe current study is a cross-sectional study was conducted on 164 patients with androgenic hair loss referred to the dermatology clinic. Patients were randomly selected. After collecting data, they were analyzed using SPSS 16 software. Results According to the results, although the greatest extent of hair loss in all grades was in men with warm and more wet temperaments, the results of Fisher's test showed, there was no statistically significant relationship between the severity of hair loss and the type of temperament (hot and cold) in men (P=0.39 and 0.89). In women, the greatest extent of moderate to severe and severe hair loss was observed in cold temperament. The results of Fisher's test show that there is no significant relationship between the extent of hair loss and hot,, cold temperament (P=0.49) and dry and wet of temperament (P=0.97) in women.ConclusionDespite the numerical superiority of men with hot and wet temperament and women with cold and wet temperament, there was no significant relationship between them and hair loss. Further studies with larger sample sizes are recommended.Keyword: Androgenic Alopcia, patterned hair loss, Persian Medicine, Temperament.