A previously unseen network of cells plays a critical role in helping hair emerge from the roots, according to a study that ...

A new imaging study challenges long-standing ideas about how hair grows and could lead to new treatments for hair loss.

The study found that disrupting the protein actin, which enables cell contraction and movement, reduced hair growth by over ...

Using 3D live imaging of living human hair follicles, a research team from cosmetics company L'Oréal and Queen Mary University of London discovered that hair growth is driven not by pushing forces ...

Trichotillomania is a disorder that affects 1-2% of the population, a majority of them female. The main feature is the recurrent compulsion to pull out one’s hair. Hair is pulled from any area of the ...

CHICAGO — Big news for fighting sisters: Scientists have found the sensors that signal the painful zing of a hair pull. And this pain message can rip along a nerve fiber at about 100 miles an hour, ...