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New research on extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their effect on the protein, norrin, may lead to new therapeutic treatments for alopecia.

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“We hope that this technique will improve human hair regenerative therapy to treat hair loss such as androgenic alopecia," said study a

Altering the production of lactate in hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) could potentially address some forms of hair loss, according to findings published online ahead of print in Nature Cell Biology (Aug. 14, 2017). It is known that there are a number of factors involved in HFSCs’ switch from quiescence to an active state during a new hair cycle, the authors note. Their research shows that HFSCs produce more lactate than other cells in the skin, and this lactate production ap

Here are five recommendations that can be communicated to your female patients who are experiencing postpartum hair loss, according to a New York-based dermatologist courtesy of the American Academy of Dermatology. “Excessive hair shedding after pregnancy is very common and caused by falling estrogen levels,” said dermatologist Dr. Jessica J. Krant, assistant clinical professor of dermatology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York. “It usually starts about three to four m