If male pattern baldness is caused by testosterone, why are hairs on top of the head more affected by it and hairs like eyebrows, beard, inside ears etc, are affected less?

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If male pattern baldness is caused by testosterone, why are hairs on top of the head more affected by it and hairs like eyebrows, beard, inside ears etc, are affected less?

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It may be because the scalp is quite a tough piece of skin, and has bone right below it, so hairs there don’t have a lot of soft flesh to cushion the follicles, or maybe the circulation is more unreliable

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