September 2024 in “Current Drug Delivery” This study found that Ginger-Derived Extracellular Vesicles (GDEVs) may promote hair growth and reduce inflammation in an alopecia mouse model.
27 citations
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July 2018 in “Journal of optometry” This review discusses the biology, pathophysiology, and management of eyelash anomalies, highlighting the need for more research into eyelash mechanisms and care, and reports no new clinical results.
34 citations
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October 2015 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” This review synthesizes current knowledge on eyelash hair follicles, highlighting gaps in understanding their biology and proposing future research directions; it reports no new experimental findings.
35 citations
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February 2015 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study found that human follicle dermal papilla cells promote survival, proliferation, and tubulogenesis of microvascular endothelial cells, highlighting their significant role in hair follicle vascular remodeling.
January 2015 in “Annals of dermatology/Annals of Dermatology” This report describes a case where travoprost treatment for open-angle glaucoma was associated with periocular hypertrichosis, hyperpigmentation, and eyelash growth, which gradually improved after discontinuation.
72 citations
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January 2012 in “Annals of Dermatology” In this study, IGF-I was shown to enhance human hair follicle growth, maintain the anagen phase, and increase expression of certain growth factors and anti-apoptotic markers.
69 citations
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April 2010 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This review discusses the safety and efficacy of bimatoprost ophthalmic solution 0.03% for enhancing eyelash growth by influencing the eyelash hair cycle and follicles, and it reports no new results.
69 citations
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April 2010 in “Clinical ophthalmology” This article reviews the use of bimatoprost for eyelash hypotrichosis and reports its effectiveness in promoting eyelash growth but highlights uncertain efficacy in cases of eyelash alopecia areata.
23 citations
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April 2010 in “Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology” This review discusses the cutaneous application of bimatoprost ophthalmic solution 0.03% for enhancing upper eyelash growth and suggests it is both safe and effective; no new clinical results are reported.
133 citations
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July 1994 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” In this study, the researchers developed an in vitro model that maintains human hair follicles to grow at in vivo rates and observed that factors like EGF and IGF-I influence hair follicle growth and catagen entry.