Men with androgenetic alopecia or male pattern hair loss, a condition associated with genetic variations in the androgen receptor gene and signaling (Hillmer et al., 2005), are also thought to be at a greater risk of COVID19 severity: small studies have indicated high incidence of male pattern baldness in patients hospitalized with COVID19 (Goren et al., 2020). Here, AR is linked to androgenetic alopecia.