Ancient Egyptians rubbed their bald heads with a mixture of dates, dog's paw and donkey's hoof; Celtic cures involved mice in ...
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.
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 ...
Dr. Jennifer Chwalek: It's based on genetics as well as hormones. Some men, you know, have more hair follicles, so they can grow denser, coarser beards than others. Testosterone gets converted in ...