Hair follicles, like bacteria, don’t just live individual lives. They form communities, close-knit or otherwise, depending on the fullness of their molecular communications. When molecules are ...

If there's a cure for male pattern baldness, it might hurt a little. Scientists have demonstrated that by plucking 200 hairs in a specific pattern and density, they can induce up to 1,200 replacement ...

The treatment for hair loss may be through plucking hairs in a specific pattern and density, found researchers at the University of Southern California. This counterintuitive approach uses the ...

They tested the hypothesis on mice, plucking 200 follicles -- one by one-in a variety of patterns. The team found that establishing a circular plucking area of a diameter between three and five ...

We’ve all been there—staring in the mirror, tweezers in hand, wondering whether to pluck that stubborn chin hair. It’s quick, it’s satisfying… but is it actually a good idea? Before you go on a ...

Plucking hairs in a precise pattern can make even more pop up in their place, a US study suggests. Playing with the density of hair removed altered how serious an injury the body recognised and in ...