Hair Loss News

July 29, 2022 — Scientists identify a single chemical that someday could help end baldness and speed wound healing

July 19, 2022 — For many people with severe alopecia areata, who have lived with baldness, or with scalps only sparsely dotted with hair, or with missing eyebrows or lashes, the future has a new look.

June 14, 2022 — The condition can cause hair loss over the entire body, most noticeably patchy baldness on the head, sometimes including the loss of eyelashes and eyebrows.

March 28, 2022 — Individuals with alopecia areata are speaking out in support of Jada Pinkett Smith amid last night’s Oscar Awards chaos, along with sharing the emotional toll that can come with hair loss.

February 10, 2022 — The medications dutasteride, finasteride and minoxidil have long been used to fight hair loss. A new study looks at which one works best.

October 28, 2021 — New research in mice may provide clues to age-related hair loss in men and women.

August 27, 2021 — The experimental approach delivers nanoparticles to hair follicles to support regrowth.

August 2, 2019 — 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.

November 29, 2018 — 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.

May 8, 2018 — 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.

May 25, 2017 — Cells that fight inflammation also play role in hair growth, mice study finds

March 20, 2017 — However, medications like Propecia, Proscar may be tied to depression, study finds

February 14, 2017 — Researchers spot close to 300 genetic regions linked to baldness, which could provide targets for treatment

September 22, 2016 — Researchers saw regrowth in patients with the autoimmune disease alopecia areata

August 25, 2016 — Study supports notion that balding men appear older, less attractive

April 29, 2016 — Black women who prefer scalp-pulling hairdos seem especially at risk, study indicates

March 4, 2016 — Survey finds the problem is undiagnosed, and may also have a genetic root

June 20, 2014 — Success points to possible treatment for condition called alopecia areata universalis.

March 31, 2014 — 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.

January 28, 2014 — In mouse study, scientists say they've used stem cells to grow large numbers of active follicles

October 21, 2013 — But experts note the findings are preliminary, don't amount to cure for baldness yet

September 23, 2011 — 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.

April 29, 2011 — 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.

April 11, 2011 — 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.

January 4, 2011 — 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.

June 30, 2010 — 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.

April 14, 2010 — A gene responsible for a rare hair loss disorder may also play an important role in male pattern baldness, according to a new study.

April 6, 2010 — 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.

October 13, 2008 — Scientists have discovered six gene variants that are linked to male-pattern baldness; findings may lead to new treatments.

July 31, 2008 — 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?

June 16, 2008 — A simple, 60-second hair count test may help men tell the difference between normal hair loss and early signs of male pattern baldness.

February 26, 2008 — Mutations in the P2RY5 gene may make baldness more likely and may make a good target for new baldness drugs, new research shows.

May 16, 2007 — It may be possible to grow new hair follicles, according to scientists studying mice.

November 9, 2006 — Glitches in the LIPH gene may cause inherited hair loss, a study shows.

May 16, 2006 — Hair Loss? It May Be Iron Deficiency

March 20, 2006 — Propecia, a drug used to treat male hair loss, may help fix women's hair loss when taken with birth control pills, a new study shows.

September 26, 2005 — If you're hair impaired, a new finding about mice offers hope for rejuvenating barren hair follicles.

May 27, 2005 — Mothers may unwittingly put their sons on the path to baldness. Chalk it up to genetics, says European researchers.

March 28, 2005 — Stem cells from hair follicles can give rise to new nerve cells, researchers report.

November 4, 2004 — Balding men and women take note. Hair cloning -- the next hair restoration remedy -- is on the way.

September 2, 2004 — Special cells nestled within the hair follicles in the skin may have the same properties as stem cells and may offer a new way to treat hair loss and burns.

May 24, 2004 — A Johns Hopkins research team finds that mice missing their frizzled gene have wacko whorls of fur on their hind feet, head, and torso and may explain frizzled hair in humans.

March 15, 2004 — For the first time, scientists have identified cells in mice that are capable of regenerating new hair follicles when transplanted into the skin. The finding is likely to spur research into new hair loss treatments for humans.

May 13, 2002 — Azulfidine May Relieve Patchy Baldness

January 5, 2001 — Baldness didn't interfere with success for multitalented entertainers Is

January 4, 2001 — For many patients, the one side effect of cancer treatment considered even more harrowing than nausea and vomiting is hair loss.

October 2, 2000 — It's hard enough to grow bald in one's 20s and early 30s, for the obvious reasons -- but early baldness also is well-known within the medical profession to be a harbinger of some less obvious reasons, such as heart disease.

April 2, 2000 — Kathryn LaRocque says the fashionable scarves she wound about her head for two months last fall were 'a dramatic symbol of the fact that I was not healthy.

January 4, 2000 — According to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, hair loss affects two out of three men, and one in five women.