A New Path in Defining Light Parameters for Hair Growth: Discovery and Modulation of Photoreceptors in Human Hair Follicle

    April 2017 in “ Lasers in surgery and medicine ”
    Serena Buscone, Andrei N. Mardaryev, Bianca Raafs … Natalia V. Botchkareva
    Studysummary This study found that blue light at a wavelength of 453 nm promoted hair growth ex vivo, potentially through interacting with OPN3 receptors in human hair follicles.
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