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 ...

For decades, baldness treatments have inched forward with incremental gains and frustrating side effects. Now a simple gel built around a DNA sugar is producing such dramatic regrowth in animals that ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers have made a recent breakthrough by growing hair follicles in vitro in a lab. Galina Zhigalova/500px/Getty Images New research has allowed scientists to generate new hair ...

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 ...

What if the secret to curing baldness has been hiding in your hair all along? University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a little-known group of stem cells in hair follicles ...

An exciting breakthrough from Columbia University researchers demonstrates a new way to grow human hair follicles using 3D printed molds. This is the first time human hair follicle cells have been ...

Hair loss and graying, the earliest visible hallmarks of skin aging, result from the functional decline of hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) and their niche. Dr. Zhao and colleagues conducted a ...

Gray hair is one of the most recognizable features of old age. For most people, gray hair is inevitable. No matter how many times you attempt to dye your hair, the roots will continue to grow out gray ...

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