Researchers have identified the biological mechanism of how chronic stress leads to hair loss. They found that the stress hormone corticosterone causes hair follicle stem cells to stay in an extended ...

Hair follicle miniaturization leads to thinning hair and balding due to the narrowing of hair follicles, making it difficult for hair to grow properly. Medications and surgeries can address hair ...

Finasteride is clinically-proven a hair-loss treatment available by prescription only as a topical cream or pill. Finasteride ...

This new FDA-cleared system uses modern follicle-stimulating technology and precision delivery methods to help reactivate ...

Curly hair is often treated as unpredictable, temperamental, or high-maintenance, but what looks like chaos is actually ...

Multiple hairs growing from the same hair follicle is known as pili multigemini. It’s typically not damaging or harmful and can happen anywhere on the body, but researchers aren’t exactly sure why it ...

Organ replacement regenerative therapy is purported to enable the replacement of organs damaged by disease, injury or aging in the foreseeable future. Here we demonstrate fully functional hair organ ...

Hair follicle infections are often difficult to treat because bacteria settle in the gap between hair and skin, where it is difficult for active substances to reach them. In order to investigate this ...

If you have itchy, red, or pus-filled little bumps on your skin, you may have folliculitis. Folliculitis is a common skin problem that affects hair follicles, the tiny pockets around the hairs on your ...

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