University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a little-known group of stem cells in hair follicles that could bring back lost locks, challenging some long-held beliefs. UVA’s ...

Illustration of a single hair follicle. Stem cells involved in hair growth are housed in the bulge ... More region (blue). During growth phases, specialized hair follicle stem cells travel down ...

Tastebuds found in hair follicles could one day lead to new treatments for unwanted hair, experts have said. Scientists said ...

In Part I of the review (July/August 2004), the anatomy of hair follicles, the diagnostic approach to diseases leading to hair loss, and nonscarring alopecias were discussed. In this article (Part ...

UCLA scientists recently alerted a “breakthrough” discovery involving a molecule named PP405 that can “waken long-slumbering but undamaged” hair follicles, according to a press release.

Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder that causes non-scarring hair loss on the scalp and body that is experienced by almost 2% of the global population at some point in their lifetime. A team of ...

It occurs when blood vessels around hair follicles shrink, depriving them of the nutrients needed to sustain hair growth. As ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest trend in treating hair loss may sound familiar — essentially, it’s a repurposed drug first popularized in the 1990s. Back then, TV viewers were inundated with ...

Scientists said that adding a common sweetener to taste receptors in hair follicles appeared to prevent hair growth in laboratory tests. There are “limited treatments” for people with excess ...