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 ...

Dutasteride is another 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, like finasteride, which works by blocking the male hormone DHT to stop ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research provides the first-ever high-resolution, cell-resolved map of the human scalp during early aging. In A Nutshell Hair ...

Hair follicle drug tests involve removing a small hair sample for laboratory testing. Results can show if a person has been using certain drugs or prescription medications in the previous 3 months. It ...

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