Hair Loss News & Features

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.

Don't give in to thinning hair. Medications are available that can help restore women's hair, too.

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.

Learn which products to use or avoid to help you look your best and spend less time worrying about thinning hair.

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.

WebMD talks to experts about natural treatments for hair loss.

Think there's no growing back? Not true -- here's what to do about balding.

For women with hair loss, there are many options to improving your appearance. WebMD discusses styles, products, and other ways to make your hair appear thicker.

WebMD talks to experts about the possible causes of hair loss in women.s may be quite different that what causes balding in men.

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.

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.

Three easy steps to camouflaging thinning hair.

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.

A genetic defect in the way hair follicle cells develop may play an important role male-pattern baldness and offer an alternative avenue for future treatments.

Scientists have identified eight genes that may be associated with the skin disease alopecia areata, a common cause of hair loss that affects 5.3 million Americans.

A gene responsible for a rare hair loss disorder may also play an important role in male pattern baldness, according to a new study.

Most baldness cures just don’t cut it, according to a new Consumer Reports magazine survey of more than 8,000 men and women who have personal experience with hair loss.

Many women with hair loss suffer in silence, altering their hairstyle to hide thinning or patches. But the sooner you seek care, the better the chances of successfully treating it.

Scientists have discovered six gene variants that are linked to male-pattern baldness; findings may lead to new treatments.

Scientists have found a molecule in mice that sends a signal to cells urging hair follicles to grow. Could this lead to the death of the comb-over?

A simple, 60-second hair count test may help men tell the difference between normal hair loss and early signs of male pattern baldness.

Mutations in the P2RY5 gene may make baldness more likely and may make a good target for new baldness drugs, new research shows.

It may be possible to grow new hair follicles, according to scientists studying mice.

Glitches in the LIPH gene may cause inherited hair loss, a study shows.

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