In Part I of the review (July/August 2004), the anatomy of hair follicles, the diagnostic approach to diseases leading to hair loss, and nonscarring alopecias were discussed. In this article (Part ...

Among these, autoimmune diseases play a significant role. These conditions occur when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its tissues, including hair follicles. Autoimmune diseases can ...

The DHT in turn causes follicles to sprout shorter and finer hairs before eventually dying out. It also causes the growth phases of hair follicles to become shorter, and the rest phases to be longer.

Studies show that both men and women can develop a disease that attacks the hair follicles and causes hair loss at any point in their lives, it’s called Alopecia Areata.

Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder that causes non-scarring hair loss on the scalp and body that is experienced by almost 2% of the global population at some point in their lifetime. A team of ...

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 ...

Common Hair Loss and Prostate Drug May Also Cut Heart Disease Risk in Men and Mice Feb ... has shown efficacy in promoting hair follicle growth in murine models. Its potential application ...

Researchers have grown hair follicles from mouse pluripotent stem cell lines for the first time. Until now, hair follicles could only be grown in vitro using primary cells isolated from embryonic skin ...

Typical are so-called hair tufts, where multiple hair shafts emerge from one dilated follicle opening ... folliculitis scleroticans nuchae, this disease presents with follicular-based papules ...