THE hair of the rabbit grows from a compound follicle 1 which contains one large outercoat hair, a few smaller outercoat hairs of intermediate morphology and numerous fine undercoat hairs.

Postpartum is a joyous time for mothers; your baby is finally here! But it also comes with its own set of challenges that new ...

Hair serves an important cosmetic function for humans, and the hair follicle produces sweat gland products that help to control body temperature and release pheromones 3. Billions of people ...

To understand why, we have to dive deep into our skin. Each hair on our body sprouts from a follicle nestled in our skin’s dermis layer. Each follicle grows in a regular cycle, explains Houshmand.

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 ...

NASA via Getty Images In fact, a 2016 study “found that spaceflight alters human hair follicle gene expression,” reporting that, in some astronauts, the genes responsible for regulating hair ...

Many existing treatments focus on manipulating hormones or directly stimulating hair follicles without addressing the underlying vascular issues that often contribute to follicle miniaturization.

Most important for the survival of the hair follicle are the epithelial stem cells within the follicular bulge that communicate with the fibroblasts of the dermal papilla. These structures may be ...

UVA's Dr. Lu Q. Le and his team have identified a previously overlooked stem cell population in the upper and middle sections ...

NAGOYA--A natural compound in celery, broccoli and other plants inhibits black hair from going gray, research shows. Machiko Iida, a specially appointed assistant professor of occupational and ...