Hair Loss News & Features
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Hair Loss Not Just a Male Problem
Hair loss is just as common in women, and it can occur due to factors such as genetics, and the hairstyles and hair products used by women.
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Meet Rosie: She Inspires Other Kids With Hair Loss
Rosie Quinn was 2 when she started losing her hair. Now at age 8, she’s embraced being bald, and she helps other kids who’ve lost hair due to medical conditions.
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Hair Growth
New research offers a possible explanation for why hair grows on some parts of your body but not others. Scientists found that hairless skin secretes a protein that blocks a signaling pathway (WNT) that controls hair growth.
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A Bone Drug That Treats Baldness?
Only two drugs -- minoxidil (Rogaine) and finasteride (Propecia, Proscar) -- exist to treat so-called male-pattern balding. Both have side effects and often produce disappointing hair regrowth results, the researchers noted.
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Haywire Immune Cells May Help Cause Baldness
Cells that fight inflammation also play role in hair growth, mice study finds
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Prostate, Hair Loss Drugs Not Tied to Suicide Risk
However, medications like Propecia, Proscar may be tied to depression, study finds
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Geneticists Get to the Roots of Hair Loss in Men
Researchers spot close to 300 genetic regions linked to baldness, which could provide targets for treatment
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Arthritis Drug May Help With Type of Hair Loss
Researchers saw regrowth in patients with the autoimmune disease alopecia areata
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Survey: Hair Transplants Make Men Look Younger
Study supports notion that balding men appear older, less attractive
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Today's Hair Style Could Cause Hair Loss Tomorrow
Black women who prefer scalp-pulling hairdos seem especially at risk, study indicates
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Hair Styling Can Cause Hair Loss for Black Women
Survey finds the problem is undiagnosed, and may also have a genetic root
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Hairless Man Now Hairy, Thanks to Arthritis Drug
Success suggests possible treatment for condition called alopecia areata universalis. Learn more at WebMD.
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Hair Loss Treatments in the Pipeline
New hair loss treatments on the not-too-distant horizon may be game-changers for the millions of men and women faced with hair loss.
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Baldness Cure May Have Inched a Bit Closer
In mouse study, scientists say they've used stem cells to grow large numbers of active follicles
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Products for Thinning Hair
Learn which products to use or avoid to help you look your best and spend less time worrying about thinning hair.
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Hidden Causes of Hair Loss
If you're losing hair, the biggest question is why. Here's an in-depth look at factors that may contribute to hair loss, including lifestyle, heredity, and medical causes.
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Thinning Hair: Can Medications Help?
Don't give in to thinning hair. Medications are available that can help restore women's hair, too.
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How Women Can Fight Hair Loss
Fight back - don’t let thinning hair sap your confidence -- or your style. Learn why your hair might be getting thinner, what products and medications can help, and tips for looking your best.
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Researchers Report Progress With Growing Hair
But experts note the findings are preliminary, don't amount to cure for baldness yet
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How to Prevent Balding
Think there's no growing back? Not true -- here's what to do about balding.
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Natural Treatments for Hair Loss
WebMD talks to experts about natural treatments for hair loss.
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Divorce, Heavy Drinking, Smoking Linked to Hair Loss
Preliminary findings from new studies of male and female identical twins suggest that a broad range of lifestyle factors, including stress, smoking, heavy drinking, and sun exposure, may also foil the follicles.
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Robot Hair-Transplant Device Gets FDA Nod
The FDA has cleared Restoration Robotics' Artas System for removing hair follicles from the scalp for transplant to bald areas. It's approved only for people with black or brown straight hair.
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Women and Hair Loss: The Causes
WebMD talks to experts about the possible causes of hair loss in women.s may be quite different that what causes balding in men.
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Braids, Weaves Raise Risk of Hair Loss
Some hairstyles favored by African-American women including tight braids and weaves may increase their risk of developing an irreversible form of scarring hair loss, according to a new study.
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