Psychosocial Impairment as a Possible Cause of Sexual Dysfunction Among Young Men With Mild Androgenetic Alopecia: A Cross-Sectional Crowdsourcing Web-Based Study

    April 2016 in “ PubMed ”
    Alejandro Molina-Leyva, Caparros-Del Moral I, Gomez-Avivar P, Alcalde-Alonso M, José Juan Jiménez-Moleón
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    TLDR Young men with mild hair loss who experience significant social and emotional distress are more likely to have sexual problems.
    In 2016, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 190 men aged 18-40 years with mild androgenetic alopecia (MAGA), recruited from an online community. The study aimed to explore the effect of psychosocial impairment caused by hair loss on the sexual function of these men. Participants completed an online survey comprising the SKINDEX-29 and the Massachusetts General Hospital Sex Functioning Questionnaire. The study found that individuals with MAGA and moderate to severe psychosocial impairment had a higher risk of sexual dysfunction, with an adjusted odds ratio of 2.1 (1.2-4.0; P=0.02), compared to subjects with mild to absent impairment. Sexual desire and arousal were the most affected elements of sexual response, but an increase in erectile dysfunction and reduced global satisfaction were also reported. This was the first study exploring the influence of MAGA psychosocial impairment on sexual function.
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