Exogen Hair Characterization in Human Scalp

    March 2007 in “ Skin Research and Technology ”
    D. Van Neste, Thérèse Leroy, Séverine Conil
    Studysummary In this study, researchers developed a non-invasive method to distinguish exogen hair from telogen hair on the human scalp, finding that normal exogen hair levels are generally less than seven hairs per cm².
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