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Scarring hair loss works differently from the shedding and thinning most people picture. The inflammation sits at the stem cell region of the follicle, and once that region is destroyed the hair does ...
Finasteride and dutasteride belong to a drug class called 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors, which block the enzyme that converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, the androgen behind follicle miniatu...
Fractional lasers are the in-clinic devices that deliver laser energy in a grid of microscopic columns instead of treating the whole surface at once, leaving untouched skin in between so the area heal...
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune type of hair loss, which means the immune system turns on the hair follicle itself. The hair comes out in patches, there is no scarring, and in some people it keeps go...
Lichen planopilaris is a scarring type of hair loss, which means the follicle itself gets destroyed and replaced with scar tissue, so the hair that is gone is gone permanently. Frontal fibrosing alope...
Androgenetic alopecia is the clinical name for pattern hair loss, the gradual thinning that follows a recognizable shape on the scalp, and it is the most common type of hair loss there is. Researchers...
This was a 72-week trial of tirzepatide, one of the weight loss injections, in 2,539 adults with obesity who did not have diabetes. People were assigned at random to a placebo or to one of three doses...
The hair pull test is the oldest quick check in hair loss: take a small section, draw your fingers through it, and count what comes away. The number that separates normal from concerning had been carr...
Six hair specialists went through every published study on chronic telogen effluvium, the label used when someone sheds heavily for months and no cause turns up. They were asking a blunt question: is ...
Frontal fibrosing alopecia, usually shortened to FFA, is a scarring type of hair loss. It mostly shows up along the front hairline, it mostly affects women after menopause, and once the inflammation h...
Researchers gathered 36 published studies comparing iron stores in women with non-scarring hair loss against women without it, and pooled the numbers into one analysis. Ferritin is the blood marker th...
A group of dermatologists writing in the International Journal of Dermatology went back through the published research on a question that has picked up real momentum lately. Can changing your gut impr...