Insights on Hair Health, Hair Growth, and Alopecia Research
Insights on Hair Health, Hair Growth, and Alopecia Research
Human hair follicles are mini-organs with their own growth kinetics. They cycle through anagen (active growth), catagen (regression), and telogen (rest) and, over many cycles,…
In 1951, anatomist James B. Hamilton proposed the first broadly usable scheme for grading the extent of male pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia, AGA). He organized…
Sebaceous glands are holocrine units that synthesise and excrete a complex lipid mixture – sebum – onto the surface of skin and hair. On the…
Hair weathering refers to the progressive chemical or physical deterioration of the hair shaft, leading to the loss of structural components and increased susceptibility to…
When men stop shaving, others start talking. Across the past two centuries journalists, preachers, physicians, and social-media influencers, have treated facial hair as a barometer…
Few biological changes announce themselves as clearly – or as emotionally – as the first silver strands of hair on the temples. How quickly those…
Human scalp hair does not grow continuously from birth to old age. Instead, every hair follicle runs through a repeating cycle of growth, regression, and…
Hair looks deceptively tough, yet each shaft emerges from a remarkably delicate “mini‑organ” embedded in the skin. Humans are born with a set number of…
When people talk about “thick” or “thin” hair, they are usually describing hair density – that is, the number of visible hair shafts emerging from…