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 ...

A surprising trigger for hair regrowth may lie in the body’s fat cells. Researchers have shown that mild skin irritation can ...

Hair follicles are complex structures that surround the hair root, anchoring it to the skin and giving the hair its hold. At the same time, the area between the skin and the follicle provides optimal ...

National Taiwan University researchers, with collaborators in Taiwan and the US, report that adipocyte lipolysis activates ...

Skin irritation or inflammation "triggers a resting hair follicle to go into a growth phase," Dr. George Cotsarelis told ...

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a new method of hair analysis that could lend itself to applications like that in the future. The method uses artificial intelligence to ...

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on October 19, 2023, entitled, "Apoptotic cells may drive cell death in hair follicles during their regression cycle." Intravital ...

Scientists have announced a groundbreaking discovery that could revolutionize hair regrowth treatments. On October 15, 2025, ...

In a discovery that ties the biology of aging to cancer risk, scientists from the University of Tokyo have found that the ...

Going gray is an inevitable, and for many, undesirable, part of aging, but health-wise, it’s no bad thing – it could reflect ...