by Kim Marlatt | Aug 30, 2022 | news
Every human has hair loss, some suffer from permanent hair loss leading to balding to bald patches. They are most commonly a result of aging but can also be caused by medical conditions. An experiment conducted on mouse hair follicles by Dr. Ru Yi, Northwestern...
by Kim Marlatt | Aug 25, 2022 | news
Goosebumps are caused by the tiniest muscle contractions in the skin, which raise the hair follicles and spiky hair begins to form. This is an uncontrollable response of skin muscles that is mediated by the sympathetic nervous system. Harvard researchers discovered in...
by Kim Marlatt | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Alopecia areata is a syndrome that affects many people worldwide. Individuals with this condition experience patches of hair loss as a result of their immune system damaging their own hair follicles. This type of severe hair loss is incredibly detrimental,...
by Kim Marlatt | Aug 18, 2022 | news
How can a woman’s shaved head be both a magnet and a trigger? Well, the “slap” at the Oscars was a pretty good demonstration of how it can be an extremely sensitive issue. The whole incident and its aftermath are rooted in Jada Smith’s alopecia. Hair always makes a...
by Kim Marlatt | Aug 16, 2022 | news
It’s evident that obesity can trigger numerous diseases in the human body but what most people may not know is that one of those diseases is hair thinning. This phenomenon was first observed by researchers when they were experimenting on mice hair follicles. It is not...
