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Cooling caps protect hair during chemo – but only at the right temperature. Antioxidants may help when cooling falls short.
Hair today, gone tomorrow? Not with the latest transplant procedures – but what are the risks?
New research highlights why male baldness should be taken seriously — and not only by those seeking to profit from it
Victorian eugenicists perpetuated the idea that only white men went bald because of their intelligence.
Here’s what you can realistically expect and what you need to know if you’re considering this treatment.
What changing artistic depictions of women’s alopecia tells us about hair loss today.
Changes around puberty and pregnancy can affect the function of genes influencing hair shape. And chemotherapy can cause hair to regrow in a different shape for the first few cycles of hair regrowth.
Historically, baldness was treated with neutrality, as a regular part of daily life. Ancient Egyptians had different balding hairstyles
From skin lesions to hearing loss, unusual symptoms can be troubling for COVID patients.
Some skin symptoms appear soon after infection, while others arise later or in more severe disease. Most get better with time.
Hair loss from alopecia areata can be embarrassing and distressing for people of all ages. But new treatments are being trialled.
Balding in men is so common it doesn’t raise an eyebrow. But when a woman starts to lose hair, it can be extremely distressing. Will she end up bald, too?
Hair loss is no longer an inevitable march to baldness. Medical advances over recent decades mean male hair loss can be treated. And it need not break the bank. The cause of male pattern baldness is well…
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