Metformin Promotes the Hair-Inductive Activity of Three-Dimensional Aggregates of Epidermal and Dermal Cells Self-Assembled In Vitro

December 2021 in “ Skin Pharmacology and Physiology ”

Chao Sun, Shuang-Hai Hu, Bingqi Dong, Shan Jiang, Fei Miao, Tiechi Lei

metformin hair-inductive activity epidermal cells dermal cells self-assembled in vitro

TLDR Metformin helps lab-grown skin and hair cells work better to create hair.

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